It is generally considered that the Al3Sc nanoprecipitates are highly thermal stable,mainly due to quite slow Sc diffusion in theα-Al matrix.In this paper,we demonstrate in an Al-Cu-Sc alloy that the Cu atoms have du...It is generally considered that the Al3Sc nanoprecipitates are highly thermal stable,mainly due to quite slow Sc diffusion in theα-Al matrix.In this paper,we demonstrate in an Al-Cu-Sc alloy that the Cu atoms have dual effect on the coarsening of Al3Sc nanoprecipitates.On the one hand,the Cu atoms with high diffusivity tend to accelerate the Al3Sc coarsening,which results from the Cu-promoted Sc diffusion.On the other hand,some Cu atoms will segregate at the Al3Sc/matrix interface,which further stabilizes the Al3Sc nanoprecipitates by reducing the interfacial energy.Competition between these two effects is tailored by temperature,which rationalizes the experimental findings that the coarsening kinetics of Al3Sc nanoprecipitate is greatly boosted at 300℃-overaging while significantly suppressed at 400℃-overaging.展开更多
How to design ultra-strong,light-weight Cu alloys is a long-term pursuit in materials community,which is technically superior and cost-effective for their promising energy-saving applications.In this work,we prepared ...How to design ultra-strong,light-weight Cu alloys is a long-term pursuit in materials community,which is technically superior and cost-effective for their promising energy-saving applications.In this work,we prepared Cu-Mg alloyed thin films to study light element Mg alloying effects on the microstructure,hardness and strain rate sensitivity(SRS) of nanocrystalline Cu thin films.In the studied Mg concentrationrange spanning from 0 at.% to 16.8 at.%,both the grain size and the twin spacing decrease monotonously with increasing Mg composition while Cu-2.8 at.% Mg sample has the highest twin fraction of ~75%.A combined strengthening model was employed to quantify the Mg concentration-dependent hardness of nanotwinned(NT) Cu-Mg thin films,in which the grain/twin boundary facilitates strengthening while the solute Mg atoms induce softening.Both the constant rate of loading tests and the nanoindentation creep tests uncover that compared with pure Cu samples,the NT Cu-Mg thin films manifest much lower SRS,particularly in the creep tests,owing to the activation of dynamic strain aging effects.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51621063,51625103,51722104,51790482,51761135031 and 51871033)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFB0700403)+1 种基金the 111 Project of China(No.BP2018008)supported by the International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technologies.
文摘It is generally considered that the Al3Sc nanoprecipitates are highly thermal stable,mainly due to quite slow Sc diffusion in theα-Al matrix.In this paper,we demonstrate in an Al-Cu-Sc alloy that the Cu atoms have dual effect on the coarsening of Al3Sc nanoprecipitates.On the one hand,the Cu atoms with high diffusivity tend to accelerate the Al3Sc coarsening,which results from the Cu-promoted Sc diffusion.On the other hand,some Cu atoms will segregate at the Al3Sc/matrix interface,which further stabilizes the Al3Sc nanoprecipitates by reducing the interfacial energy.Competition between these two effects is tailored by temperature,which rationalizes the experimental findings that the coarsening kinetics of Al3Sc nanoprecipitate is greatly boosted at 300℃-overaging while significantly suppressed at 400℃-overaging.
基金financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2017YFA0700701)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51722104, 51625103, 51790482 and 51761135031)+5 种基金the “111 Project 2.0 of China” (No. BP2018008)the Fok Ying-Tong Education Foundation (No. 161096)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities for part of the financial supportthe financial support by the Venture & Innovation Support Program for Chongqing Overseas Returnees (cx2018002)the National Defense Basic Scientific Research Programthe Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2020CDJDCL001)。
文摘How to design ultra-strong,light-weight Cu alloys is a long-term pursuit in materials community,which is technically superior and cost-effective for their promising energy-saving applications.In this work,we prepared Cu-Mg alloyed thin films to study light element Mg alloying effects on the microstructure,hardness and strain rate sensitivity(SRS) of nanocrystalline Cu thin films.In the studied Mg concentrationrange spanning from 0 at.% to 16.8 at.%,both the grain size and the twin spacing decrease monotonously with increasing Mg composition while Cu-2.8 at.% Mg sample has the highest twin fraction of ~75%.A combined strengthening model was employed to quantify the Mg concentration-dependent hardness of nanotwinned(NT) Cu-Mg thin films,in which the grain/twin boundary facilitates strengthening while the solute Mg atoms induce softening.Both the constant rate of loading tests and the nanoindentation creep tests uncover that compared with pure Cu samples,the NT Cu-Mg thin films manifest much lower SRS,particularly in the creep tests,owing to the activation of dynamic strain aging effects.
