Elevated temperature microstructural stability in cast AlCuMnZr alloys through solute segregation
Abstrak
Abstract Commonly used commercial cast aluminum alloys for the automotive industry are viable for temperatures only up to 250 °C, despite decades of study and development. Affordable cast aluminum alloys with improved high-temperature mechanical properties are needed to enable the next generation of higher efficiency passenger car engines. Metastable θ′ (Al2Cu) precipitates contribute to strengthening in Al–Cu alloys, but above 250 °C coarsen and transform, leading to poor mechanical properties. A major challenge has been to inhibit coarsening and transformation by stabilizing the metastable precipitates to higher temperatures. Here, we report compositions and associated counter-intuitive microstructures that allow cast Al–Cu alloys to retain their strength after lengthy exposures up to 350 °C, ∼70% of their absolute melting point. Atomic-scale characterization along with first-principles calculations demonstrate that microalloying with Mn and Zr (while simultaneously limiting Si to
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (12)
A. Shyam
Shibayan Roy
Dongwon Shin
J. Poplawsky
L. Allard
Y. Yamamoto
J. R. Morris
B. Mazumder
J. Idrobo
A. Rodríguez
T. Watkins
J. Haynes
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2019
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 172×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1016/J.MSEA.2019.138279
- Akses
- Open Access ✓