Title of article :
Effects of Li additions on precipitation-strengthened Al–Sc and Al–Sc–Yb alloys Original Research Article
Author/Authors :
M.E. Krug، نويسنده , , D.C Dunand، نويسنده , , D.N. Seidman، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
دوهفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
Pages :
16
From page :
1700
To page :
1715
Abstract :
Two Al–Sc-based alloys (Al–0.12Sc and Al–0.042Sc–0.009Yb, at.%) and their counterparts with Li additions (Al–2.9Li–0.11Sc and Al–5.53Li–0.048Sc–0.009Yb, at.%) are aged at 325 °C. For both base alloys, the addition of Li results in greater peak hardness from incorporation of Li in the L12-structured α′-Al3(Sc,Li) and α′-Al3(Sc,Li,Yb) precipitates, and a concomitant increase in number density and volume fraction of the precipitates and a reduction in their mean radius. These changes result from a combination of: (i) an increase in the driving force for precipitate nucleation due to Li; (ii) a decrease in the elastic energy of the coherent misfitting precipitates from a decrease in their lattice parameter mismatch due to their Li content; and (iii) a decrease in the interfacial free energy, as determined from measurements of the relative Gibbsian interfacial excess of Li. In Al–2.9Li–0.11Sc (at.%), the Li concentration of the precipitates decreases from 9.1 at.% in the peak-aged state (8 h) to 5.7 at.% in the over-aged state (1536 h). As a result, the precipitate volume fraction decreases from 0.56% at peak aging time to 0.45% at 1536 h. In Al–5.53Li–0.048Sc–0.009Yb (at.%), the relatively limited Li concentration produces only a small increase in Vickers microhardness from precipitation of metastable δ′-Al3Li upon a second aging at 170 °C following the primary aging at 325 °C.
Keywords :
Atom-probe field-ion microscopy , Aluminum alloys , Precipitation , Rare earth , Nanostructure
Journal title :
ACTA Materialia
Serial Year :
2011
Journal title :
ACTA Materialia
Record number :
1145438
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