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Section 7<br />

Fig. 7.8. The <strong>fracture</strong> surface <strong>of</strong> the PM-MMC Al6061-20%Al2O3 after 7 ECAP passes.<br />

7.4.4. The effect <strong>of</strong> ECAP on the <strong>local</strong> <strong>fracture</strong> <strong>properties</strong><br />

As was mentioned in previous section, the <strong>fracture</strong> surface <strong>of</strong> the specimen with strongly<br />

clustered particle distribution is non-homogeneous. In Figure 7.9, a schematic view <strong>of</strong> this<br />

<strong>fracture</strong> surface is presented. This scheme is correlated with the stereophotogrammetic pairs<br />

subjected to analysis by the automatic <strong>fracture</strong> surface analysis system (Fig. 7.7a). Table 7.3<br />

provides the results <strong>of</strong> measurements <strong>of</strong> the <strong>local</strong> CODi-values. The <strong>local</strong> CODi-values were<br />

measured at four different points at the particle cluster <strong>and</strong> at four different points at the area<br />

with homogeneous particle distribution on the <strong>fracture</strong> surface. A significant scatter <strong>of</strong> the<br />

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