New Twin-Roll Cast Al-Li Based Alloys for High-Strength Applications

Autor: Olexandr Grydin, Mykhailo Stolbchenko, Mirko Schaper, Sára Belejová, Rostislav Králík, Lucia Bajtošová, Barbora Křivská, Michal Hájek, Miroslav Cieslar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Metals, Vol 10, Iss 8, p 987 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met10080987
Popis: Al-Li based alloys are attractive materials for the aerospace industry. The twin-roll casting of such materials could provide properties not achievable by conventional direct-chill casting and downstream processing methods due to significantly higher solidification rates. An Al-Li-Cu-Mg-Zr alloy was twin-roll cast with the same alloy containing a small addition of Sc. The microstructure of as-cast materials and the influence of Sc on the behavior of the alloy at elevated temperatures were studied by means of light and electron microscopy and by resistivity measurements. A fine-grained structure was formed during twin-roll casting, but several surface and internal defects were found on the strips, which should be suppressed by a further adjustment of the casting conditions. The addition of Sc had a positive effect on grain size uniformity and microstructure stabilization at elevated temperatures, as shown by the precipitation of a fine dispersion of coherent Sc- and Zr-containing precipitates.
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