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Neibecker P, Leitner M, Kushaim M, Boll T, Anjum D, Al-Kassab T, Haider F. L1 2 ordering and δ' precipitation in Al-Cu-Li. Sci Rep 2017; 7:3254. [PMID: 28607382 PMCID: PMC5468256 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03203-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
The precipitation mechanism of the δ′ (Al3Li) phase in Al-Li alloys has been controversially discussed in recent decades, specifically with respect to a conjectured congruent ordering process. However, kinetics in the Al-Li system does not allow to resolve the intermediate stages of precipitation and hence to experimentally clarify this issue. In this paper, we are revisiting the subject in ternary Al-Cu-Li alloys with pronouncedly slower kinetics, employing Transmission Electron Microscopy, High-Angle Annular Dark-Field Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy, Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Atom Probe Tomography. The results show clear evidence for congruent ordering in a selected compositional range, revealing an already strongly L12 ordered microstructure after natural aging with a chemically homogeneous Li distribution and a decomposition of the alloy upon annealing at elevated temperatures. The presented study of the δ′ precipitation evaluates the reaction pathway of this process and compares it to the predictions of the Bragg-Williams-Gorsky model with respect to decomposition and ordering in this alloy system.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pascal Neibecker
- Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany. .,King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 23955-6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. .,University of Augsburg, Department of Physics, Universitätsstr. 1, 86159, Augsburg, Germany.
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- Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 23955-6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.,Taibah University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, PO Box 344, Al-Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Angewandte Materialien - Werkstoffkunde (IAM-WK), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Imaging and Characterization Lab, 23955-6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 23955-6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- University of Augsburg, Department of Physics, Universitätsstr. 1, 86159, Augsburg, Germany
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Laverock J, Dugdale SB, Alam MA, Roussenova MV, Wensley JR, Kwiatkowska J, Shiotani N. Fermi surface of an important nanosized metastable phase: Al3Li. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 105:236401. [PMID: 21231486 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.236401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Nanoscale particles embedded in a metallic matrix are of considerable interest as a route towards identifying and tailoring material properties. Al-Li alloys, which form ordered nanoscale precipitates of Al(3)Li for a range of concentrations, have been deployed successfully in the aerospace industry owing to their superior strength-to-weight ratio. The precipitates are metastable and their electronic structure has so far been inaccessible through conventional techniques. Here, we take advantage of the strong positron affinity of Li to probe the Fermi surface of nanoscale Al(3)Li precipitates.
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- J Laverock
- HH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
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Mergia K, Al-Hazmi F, Stewart RJ, Messoloras S. In-situsmall-angle neutron scattering study of the growth and dissolution of precipitates in Al-Li alloys. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/01418619708214003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- K. Mergia
- a University of Athens, Physics Department , Section of Solid State Physics, Panepistimiopolis, GR 157 84 Zografos, Athens , Greece
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- b J. J. Thomson Physical Laboratory, University of Reading , Whiteknights, Reading , RG6 6AF , England
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- b J. J. Thomson Physical Laboratory, University of Reading , Whiteknights, Reading , RG6 6AF , England
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- c Institute of Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection , NCSR ‘Demokritos’, 153 10 Ag. Paraskevi, Attiki , Greece
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