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The possible transition mechanism for the meta-stable phase in the 7xxx aluminium

Abstract

Metastable phases in aluminium alloys are the primary nano-scale precipitates which have the biggest contribution to the increase in the tangible mechanical properties. The continuous increase in hardness in the 7xxx aluminium alloys is associated with the phase transformation from clusters or GP-zones to the metastable η′ phase. The high-resolution electron imaging is used to observe the precipitates and reconstruct a kinetic model that might explain the transformation. This work is an attempt to gain insight into how the structural transformation may occur based on the shortest route of diffusion for the eventual structure to result in that of the η′ phase.

Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Artenis Bendo
  • Kenji Matsuda
  • Katsuhiko Nishimura
  • Norio Nunomura
  • Taiki Tsuchiya
  • Seungwon Lee
  • Calin Daniel Marioara
  • Tomohito Tsuru
  • Masatake Yamaguchi
  • Kazuyuki Shimizu
  • Hiroyuki Toda

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Industry / Materials and Nanotechnology
  • Japan
  • Iwate University
  • Kyushu University
  • Toyama University

Year

2020

Published in

Materials Science and Technology

ISSN

0267-0836

Volume

36

Issue

15

Page(s)

1621 - 1627

View this publication at Norwegian Research Information Repository