摘要
The potential of powder metallurgy processing for the manufacture of Al?SrB6 composites was explored. Al4Sr particles fractured extensively during the ball milling of Al?15Sr/Al?4B powder mixtures. There was no interaction between the Al4Sr and AlB2 compounds across the section of the aluminium grains in the as-milled state. SrB6 formed, when the ball milled powder blends were subsequently annealed at sufficiently high temperatures. Ball milling for 1 h was sufficient for SrB6 to become the major constituent in powder blends annealed at 700 °C while it took 2 h of ball milling for powder blends annealed at 600 °C. Higher annealing temperatures and longer ball milling time encouraged the formation of the SrB6 compound while the latter made a great impact on the microstructural features of the Al?SrB6 composite. The SrB6 compound particles were much smaller and more uniformly distributed across the aluminium matrix grains in powder grains ball milled for 2 h before the annealing treatments at 600 °C and 700 °C.
采用粉末冶金法制备Al-SrB6复合材料。对Al-15Sr/Al-4B混合粉末进行球磨,在球磨过程中Al_4Sr颗粒充分破碎。球磨态铝合金晶粒截面表明Al_4Sr与AlB_2之间不发生反应。混合球磨粉末经高温退火后形成SrB_6。若在700℃进行退火,混合粉末需球磨1h可使SrB_6成为主要相,而若在600℃进行退火,混合粉末则需球磨2h才能使SrB_6成为主要相。提高退火温度和延长球磨时间都可以促进SrB_6相的形成,但后者对Al-SrB_6复合材料的微观组织影响更大。经600℃和700℃退火处理之前,SrB_6颗粒更细小,在铝基体中分布也更均匀。
