Precipitation evolution in Al-Zr and Al-Zr-Ti alloys during aging at 450-600 °C

Keith E. Knipling; David C. Dunand; David N. Seidman

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2007.11.011

Precipitation evolution in Al-Zr and Al-Zr-Ti alloys during aging at 450-600 °C

Keith E. Knipling^*, David C. Dunand, David N. Seidman

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Abstract

The transformation of Al₃Zr (L1₂) and Al₃(Zr_1-xTi_x) (L1₂) precipitates to their respective equilibrium D0₂₃ structures is investigated in conventionally solidified Al-0.1Zr and Al-0.1Zr-0.1Ti (at.%) alloys aged isothermally at 500 °C or aged isochronally in the range 300-600 °C. Titanium additions delay neither coarsening of the metastable L1₂ precipitates nor their transformation to the D0₂₃ structure. Both alloys overage at the same rate at or above 500 °C, during which spheroidal L1₂ precipitates transform to disk-shaped D0₂₃ precipitates at ca. 200 nm in diameter and 50 nm in thickness, exhibiting a cube-on-cube orientation relationship with the α-Al matrix. The transformation occurs heterogeneously on dislocations because of a large lattice parameter mismatch of the D0₂₃ phase with α-Al. The transformation is very sluggish and even at 575 °C coherent L1₂ precipitates can remain untransformed. Mechanisms of microstructural coarsening and strengthening are discussed with respect to the micrometer-scale dendritic distribution of precipitates.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1182-1195
Number of pages	14
Journal	Acta Materialia
Volume	56
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2007.11.011
State	Published - Apr 2008

Keywords

Aluminum alloys
Coarsening
Precipitation strengthening
Titanium
Zirconium

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Ceramics and Composites
Polymers and Plastics
Metals and Alloys

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