Norlight Heat Treatment Fundamentals

Project challenges

	Establish a supercritical research group at NTNU/SINTEF with scientific knowledge, theoretical tools, instrumental facilities and skills to carry out "state of the art" investigations of materials at nano- and microstructural level.
	In particular to contribute to further development of the fundamental understanding and quantitative description of reactions and processes during heat treatment of aluminium alloys.
	To lay the basis for improved industrial practice and design of "new" materials and improved materials properties in the Norwegian Light Metals Industry.

	Precipitation sequences in industrially important Al-alloy systems
	Structure and kinetics in early stages of nucleation
	Dispersoid formation and high-temperature recrystallisation resistance
	Nucleation of recrystallisation after low deformations
	Non-isothermal nucleation and growth of precipitates
	Modelling of structures, transformations and properties at atomic and microstructural scale
	Advanced electron microscopy (HRTEM, FEG-SEM, FEG-TEM) and other characterisation methods The project has strong links to the strategic university program (SUP) "Micro- and nanostructure based materials development"

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