高体积分数挤压铸造铝基复合材料时效特征

采用挤压铸造法制备40%SiCP/LD2复合材料,并对其在不同温度下的时效特征进行了研究。结果表明,高体积分数SiC颗粒的加入带来的弥散强化作用,可以大幅度提高基体合金的硬度和强度,但区别于基体合金和低体积分数复合材料,复合材料本身时效强化效果不明显。高体积分数复合材料峰时效时间较低体积分数缩短,且随时效温度的提高峰时效时间缩短。低温时效时峰值硬度最高且时效动力学较基体合金提前幅度较大。在时效析出过程中,高体积分数复合材料G.P.区的形成受到完全抑制,而β′相热扩散激活能降低,易于析出。

位错对高体积分数SiC_P/2024Al时效行为的影响

采用粒径为1μm的SiC颗粒,用挤压铸造法制备出体积分数为45%的SiCP/2024Al复合材料,研究了位错对高体积分数SiCP/2024Al时效行为的影响。结果表明,复合材料中的高密度位错可以湮灭大量的淬火空位,这在一定程度上抑制了GP区的析出。但是,高密度位错的存在降低了其它析出相的热扩散激活能,促进了析出相形核;还能为原子的管道扩散提供通道,促进了溶质原子的扩散,加速析出相的长大,在宏观上表现为对时效行为的促进,使峰时效提前。高密度的位错为强烈依赖于位错等缺陷形核的θ′和S′相提供许多优先形核的场所,使复合材料中的形核密度增加,同时使析出相的尺寸减小,所以复合材料中的析出相呈现细小弥散的分布特点。

Effect of Si on growth kinetics of intermetallic compounds during reaction between solid iron and molten aluminum

The effect of Si on the growth kinetics of intermetallic compounds during the reaction of solid iron and molten aluminum was investigated with a scanning electron microscope coupled with an energy dispersive X-ray spectroscope, and hot-dip aluminized experiments. The results show that the intermetallic layer is composed of major Fe2Al5 and minor FeAl3. The Al-Fe-Si ternary phase, rl/rg, is formed in the Fe2Al5 layer. The tongue-like morphology of the Fe2Als layer becomes less distinct and disappears finally as the content of Si in aluminum bath increases. Si in the bath improves the prohibiting ability to the growth of Fe2Als and FeAl3. When the contents of Si are 0, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0% and 3.0%, the activation energies of Fe2Al5 are evaluated to be 207, 186, 169, 168, 167 and 172 kJ/mol, respectively. The reduction of the activation energy might result from the lattice distortion caused by Si atom penetrating into the Fe2Al5 phase. When Si atom occupies the vacancy site, it blocks easy diffusion path and results in the disappearance of tongue-like morphology.

Simple physically-based constitutive equations for hot deformation of 2024 and 7075 aluminum alloys

The hot working behaviors of 2024 and 7075 aluminum alloys were studied through constitutive analysis based on a physically-based approach which accounts for the dependence of the elastic modulus and the self-diffusion coefficient of aluminum on temperature. It was demonstrated that the lattice self-diffusion activation energy of aluminum（142 k J/mol） can be used in the Zener-Hollomon parameter＇s formula as the deformation activation energy and the theoretical exponent of 5 can be set in the modified hyperbolic sine law to describe the peak flow stresses. By consideration of physically-based material＇s parameters, it was possible to conduct a comparative study on the hot flow stress of 2024 and 7075 aluminum alloys. It was concluded that the used approach in the current work can be considered as a versatile tool in future comparative hot working studies, especially in studies dedicated to alloy development.

Grain growth and thermal stability of nanocrystalline Ni-TiO_2 composites

The grain growth and thermal stability of nanocrystalline Ni-TiO2composites were systematically investigated.Thenanocrystalline Ni-TiO2composites with different contents of TiO2were prepared via electroplating method with the variation ofTiO2nano-particles concentration.The effect of TiO2content on the grain size,phase structure and microhardness was investigatedin detail.The corresponding grain growth and diffusion mechanisms during the heating process were also discussed.The optimalmicrohardness of HV50270was achieved for the composite with addition of20g/L TiO2nano-particles after annealing at400°C for90min.The calculation of the activation energy indicated that lattice diffusion dominated at high temperatures for thenanocrystalline Ni-TiO2composites.It was indicated that the increase of TiO2nano-particles content took effect on restricting thegrain growth at high temperatures by increasing the grain growth activation energy.