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Microalloying ultrafine grained Al alloys with enhanced ductility.


ABSTRACT: Bulk ultrafine grained (UFG)/nanocrystal metals possess exceptional strength but normally poor ductility and thermal stability, which hinder their practical applications especially in high-temperature environments. Through microalloying strategy that enables the control of grains and precipitations in nanostructured regime, here we design and successfully produce a highly microstructure-stable UFG Al-Cu-Sc alloy with ~275% increment in ductility and simultaneously ~50% enhancement in yield strength compared with its Sc-free counterpart. Although the precipitations in UFG alloys are usually preferentially occurred at grain boundaries even at room temperature, minor Sc addition into the UFG Al-Cu alloys is found to effectively stabilize the as-processed microstructure, strongly suppress the ?-Al2Cu phase precipitation at grain boundary, and remarkably promote the ?'-Al2Cu nanoparticles dispersed in the grain interior in artificial aging. A similar microalloying strategy is expected to be equally effective for other UFG heat-treatable alloys.

SUBMITTER: Jiang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3884224 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Microalloying ultrafine grained Al alloys with enhanced ductility.

Jiang L L   Li J K JK   Cheng P M PM   Liu G G   Wang R H RH   Chen B A BA   Zhang J Y JY   Sun J J   Yang M X MX   Yang G G  

Scientific reports 20140108


Bulk ultrafine grained (UFG)/nanocrystal metals possess exceptional strength but normally poor ductility and thermal stability, which hinder their practical applications especially in high-temperature environments. Through microalloying strategy that enables the control of grains and precipitations in nanostructured regime, here we design and successfully produce a highly microstructure-stable UFG Al-Cu-Sc alloy with ~275% increment in ductility and simultaneously ~50% enhancement in yield stren  ...[more]

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