Rapid assessment of interfacial stabilization mechanisms of metastable precipitates to accelerate high-temperature Al-alloy development

Autor: Bharat Gwalani, Jia Liu, Sten Lambeets, Matthew Olszta, Jonathan Poplawsky, Amit Shyam, Arun Devaraj
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Materials Research Letters, Vol 10, Iss 12, Pp 771-779 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 21663831
2166-3831
DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2022.2102947
Popis: Precipitate strengthened high-temperature alloys are currently used in safety-critical applications. Understanding precipitate stability and solute segregation mechanisms at high temperatures is key to designing high-strength alloys. Rapid in-situ approaches, therefore, are pivotal in accelerating the alloy design process. Hereby using the test case of a promising high-temperature Al-Cu-Mn-Zr alloy, we demonstrate the value of in-situ atom probe tomography coupled with in-situ transmission electron microscopy to reveal atomic-scale mechanisms that lead to the emergence of non-equilibrium solute segregation. Mn and Zr segregation at strengthening precipitate(θ’)-matrix interface increases the kinetic barrier for phase transformation thus retaining high-temperature strength.
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