摘要
Thethermal stability and the kinetics of grain growth of nanocrystalline Mg-6Al-1Zn and Mg-6Al-1Zn-1Si alloys prepared via mechanical alloying were investigated. It started with elemental powders, using a variety of analytical techniques including differential scanning calorimetry （DSC）, X-ray diffraction （XRD）, scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, transmission electron microscopy （TEM） and energy dispersive spectrometry. The kinetics of grain growth in isothermal annealing was investigated. The XRD results show that, although the grain sizes of both material systems increase as the annealing temperature rises, the Si-containing system displays a relatively smaller grain size, i.e., 60 nm compared with 72 nm in Mg-6Al-1Zn system, after being exposed to 350 ℃ for 1 h. The second-phase intermetallic particle Mg2Si formed during the isothermal annealing of Mg-6Al-1Zn-1Si system could influence not only the activation energy but also the exponent of kinetic equation. Higher hardness values obtained in the Si-containing system would be due to the formation of Mg2Si intermetallic phase.
研究机械合金化制备的纳米晶Mg-6Al-1Zn和Mg-6Al-1Zn-1Si合金的热稳定性和晶粒生长动力学。研究从元素粉末开始,使用了各种分析手段,包括差示扫描量热法(DSC)、X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜、透射电镜和能谱分析。研究等温退火过程中的晶粒生长动力学。XRD结果表明:尽管两种材料体系的晶粒尺寸随退火温度的升高而增加,但在350°C退火1 h后,含Si体系具有更小的晶粒尺寸(60 nm),而Mg-6Al-1Zn体系的晶粒尺寸为72 nm。Mg-6Al-1Zn-1Si体系在等温退火过程中形成的第二相金属间化合物Mg2Si不仅影响活化能,而且影响动力学方程的指数。含Si体系的硬度更高是由于金属间相Mg_2Si的形成。
