The effect of forging passes on the refinement of high purity aluminum during multi-forging was investigated. The attention was focused on the structure uniformity due to deformation uniformity and the grain refinemen...The effect of forging passes on the refinement of high purity aluminum during multi-forging was investigated. The attention was focused on the structure uniformity due to deformation uniformity and the grain refinement limitation with very high strains. The results show that the fine grain zone in the center of sample expands gradually with the increase of forging passes. When the forging passes reach 6, an X-shape fine grain zone is initially formed. With a further increase of the passes, this X-shape zone tends to spread the whole sample. Limitation in the structural refinement is observed with increasing strains during multi-forging process at the room temperature. The grains size in the center is refined to a certain size (110 μm as forging passes reach 12, and there is no further grain refinement in the center with increasing the forging passes to 24. However, the size of the coarse grains near the surface is continuously decreased with increasing the forging passes to 24.展开更多
A novel type nano TiN/Ti composite grain refiner (TiN/Ti refiner) was prepared by high energy ball milling, and its effect on as-cast and hot-working microstructure of commercial purity aluminum (pure Al) was inve...A novel type nano TiN/Ti composite grain refiner (TiN/Ti refiner) was prepared by high energy ball milling, and its effect on as-cast and hot-working microstructure of commercial purity aluminum (pure Al) was investigated. The results show that TiN/Ti refiner exhibits excellent grain refining performances on pure Al. With an addition of 0.2% TiN/Ti refiner, the average grain size of pure Al decreases to 82 μm, which is smaller than that of pure Ti and Al 5Ti 1B master alloy as refiners. The microstructure of weld joint of pure Al with 0.1% TiN/Ti refiner is fine equiaxed grains and the hardness of weld joint is higher than that of the base metal. For pure Al with 40% cold deformation and recrystallization at 250 °C for 1.0 h, the grains of the sample added 0.1% Ti powder have an obvious grain growth behavior. In contrast, oriented grains caused by deformation have been eliminated, and there is no obvious grain growth in pure Al refined with 0.1% TiN/Ti refiner, indicating that nano TiN in the refiner inhibits the growth of grain during recrystallization.展开更多
Modifying effect and mechanism of trace rare earth on Fe(Si) rich impurity phases in commercial purity aluminum were studied with the aids of SEM, EDAX, TEM, etc. It is found that Ce rich mixed rare earth (RE) is an...Modifying effect and mechanism of trace rare earth on Fe(Si) rich impurity phases in commercial purity aluminum were studied with the aids of SEM, EDAX, TEM, etc. It is found that Ce rich mixed rare earth (RE) is an effective modifying agent, which makes the coarse Fe rich impurity phases transform into complex compounds of tiny, sphere/short stick form, thus improving mechanical properties of this material; its modifying mechanism is in that RE gathering in front of solid/liquid interface enters into the impurity phases, forming complex (AlFeSiRE) compounds; or is adsorbed in the impurity phases surface, impeding the growth of impurity phases; however, excessive RE will result in the increasing of RE compounds (secondary phases), and plasticity reduction of this material. Therefore, its addition amount should be less than 0 07% (mass fraction).展开更多
For further knowledge about the refining performance of AlTiC master alloys, Al5.5Ti0.25C and Al6.5Ti0.5C master alloys containing high Ti and C content were prepared and used in grain refining experiments of 99.8% co...For further knowledge about the refining performance of AlTiC master alloys, Al5.5Ti0.25C and Al6.5Ti0.5C master alloys containing high Ti and C content were prepared and used in grain refining experiments of 99.8% commercial pure aluminum(CPAl). Their performance was compared with two types of Al5Ti1B refiners whose performance was nowadays considered to be the best. These two types of master alloys show similar refining efficiency at the addition level of 0.2%. However, at the addition level of 0.5%, there still exists great performance difference between AlTiC and Al5TiB alloys in grain refinement of 99.98% and 99.995% high purity aluminum(HPAl). The growth of columnar grains is fully suppressed due to the refinement of AlTiC at the addition level of 0.5%. Also, at the same addition level, the grain refining experiments of Al3Ti0.15C and Al5Ti0.2C master alloys which have found initial commercial applications are conducted in the above-mentioned three types of pure aluminum. According to the experimental results, these two refiners of different compositions are both nonideal. The second phase particles extracted from each refiner were observed through TEM, while the nuclei of grains after grain refinement were observed through SEM. The results were analyzed through computation and comparison of the constitutional-supercooling parameter and the growth-restriction parameter whose values were determined by solute element in aluminum melt with different purity. Apparently, AlTiC master alloys with high content of Ti and C element have great refining potential.展开更多
High pure and ultrapure Aluminum is increasingly used in highly corrosion resistant applications or to replace copper in conductive parts such as high voltage cable and transformers due to their higher electrical cond...High pure and ultrapure Aluminum is increasingly used in highly corrosion resistant applications or to replace copper in conductive parts such as high voltage cable and transformers due to their higher electrical conductivity properties. Ultrapure Aluminum is also used in semiconductors industry. Hence, the market demands innovative refining technologies, which consume less energy, take less time and lead to higher resource efficiencies. The most common methodology to produce ultrapure Aluminum is zone refining, based on the principle of fractional crystallization. Zone refining is however a very time-consuming process. In order to achieve a purity of 6N, several passes along the crucible with each full day treatment must be carried out. Also this method cannot be conducted continuously. This paper presents first time a new and eco-efficient method, which offers high potential to meet the mentioned multi-dimensional demands. Firstly, distribution coefficients of main impurities in Aluminum—a deciding factor to forecast and assess the removal behavior of impurities-were studied theoretically as a function of temperature using thermo-chemical calculation in FactSageTM. Secondly, the innovative method using a rotating and gas cooled crystallizer (“cooled finger”) was developed to validate the principle. The influencing process parameters such as temperature gradient, cooling gas flow rate, etc. were experimentally investigated and the theoretical results could be verified.展开更多
A self-made directional solidification device was used to fabricate d 80 mm high purity aluminum ingots. SEM and AFM were used to detect the shape of grain boundaries. The orientation of the grain was studied by X-ray...A self-made directional solidification device was used to fabricate d 80 mm high purity aluminum ingots. SEM and AFM were used to detect the shape of grain boundaries. The orientation of the grain was studied by X-ray diffractometry. The results show that the nucleation points locate at the intersections of three adjacent grains. The lattice orientation of grains does not alter in the horizontal direction, but gradually approaches the optimum growth direction in the vertical direction during the growth process. All the grains suffer the competition and only the one whose orientation is closest to the preferred direction can occupy the final growth space.展开更多
The effects of an external DC(direct current)electric field on recrystallization texture evolution in the cold-rolled aluminum sheets with 99.99%purity were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction techniques.The co...The effects of an external DC(direct current)electric field on recrystallization texture evolution in the cold-rolled aluminum sheets with 99.99%purity were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction techniques.The cold-rolled high-purity aluminum sheets were annealed for 60 min at 200,300 and 400℃,respectively with and without an external DC electric field of 800 V/mm.The results show that with DC electric field,the recrystallization cube texture is strengthened at the stage of grain growth. Possible reason for the strengthening of the recrystallization cube texture with the applied electric field may be attributed to both selected nucleation and selected growth of cube oriented crystal nuclei.展开更多
The mechanism of strengthening of cube texture ({001}<100>) by additional annealing of high purity aluminum foils was investigated by using orientation distribution functions (ODFs) and electron back scattered d...The mechanism of strengthening of cube texture ({001}<100>) by additional annealing of high purity aluminum foils was investigated by using orientation distribution functions (ODFs) and electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD). The results of ODFs and fiber show that the orientation densities of the S {123}<634> and Cu {112}<111> components increase in both the additional annealed samples and the 0.11 mm final cold rolled foils. And the EBSD results demonstrate that cube nuclei can be identified in the deformed matrix of those additional annealed samples. It is suggested that the strengthening of cube texture can be brought out by the increasing of components of S and Cu and the formation of cube nuclei caused by additional annealing. Moreover, it is found that the cube texture increases first and then decreases with increasing additional annealing temperature, and it is the strongest at 180 ℃.The strengthening of cube texture by additional annealing is proposed as the result of oriented growth of cube subgrains.展开更多
Effects of Ce addition on microstructure, castability (fluidity and hot tearing sensitivity), mechanical properties and electric conductivity of commercial purity aluminum (CP-AI) were investigated through microst...Effects of Ce addition on microstructure, castability (fluidity and hot tearing sensitivity), mechanical properties and electric conductivity of commercial purity aluminum (CP-AI) were investigated through microstructure observation and performance tests. Results show that adding Ce in a CP-AI can considerably refine the grains, and has an important influence on the amount, crystallographic forms, and distribution of secondary phases. Addition of Ce also has a large impact on the fluidity and hot tearing sensitivity (HTS) of the CP-AI. With the addition of Ce from 0.1wt.% to 0.5wt.%, the fluidity of CP-AI is first increased remarkably and then decreased, and the HTS has an opposite response. The best castability of the studied alloys appears to be at 0.2wt.%-0.3wt.% Ce addition. The remarkable improvement in castability is attributed to the considerable refinement of grain structure. Ce addition can also lead to a significant rise in electric conductivity. The maximum conductivity of the as-cast CP-Al is 59.7% IACS with an addition of 0.2wt.%Ce. The T7 heat treatment can further improves the conductivity to 60.7% IACS. The Ce-induced evolution of the secondary phases is believed to be the mechanism for it.展开更多
The recrystallization behavior of 98.5% cold rolled high purity aluminum foils annealed at 300 ℃ was investigated,and the evolution of the microstructures was followed by electron back scattered diffraction(EBSD).The...The recrystallization behavior of 98.5% cold rolled high purity aluminum foils annealed at 300 ℃ was investigated,and the evolution of the microstructures was followed by electron back scattered diffraction(EBSD).The results show that the recrystallization process of the high purity aluminum foils at 300 ℃ is a mixture of discontinuous-and continuous-recrystallization.The orientations of the recrystallization nuclei include not only the cube orientation,but also other orientations such as some near deformation texture components which are the results of strong recovery process.However,such continuously recrystallized grains are usually associated with relatively high free energy,so they would be consumed by the discontinuously-recrystallized grains(cube-oriented grains)in subsequent annealing.On the other hand,the pattern quality index of recrystallized grains shows dependence on the crystal orientation which might introduce some errors into evaluating volume fraction of recrystallization by integrating pattern quality index of EBSD.展开更多
The development of cube texture ({001}〈100〉) in high purity (99.99%) aluminum foils in multistage annealing was investigated by ODF and EBSD. It is found that a multistage annealing process can strengthen cube textu...The development of cube texture ({001}〈100〉) in high purity (99.99%) aluminum foils in multistage annealing was investigated by ODF and EBSD. It is found that a multistage annealing process can strengthen cube texture markedly, and that each stage of the multistage annealing plays an important eigen role in nucleation and growth of the cube orientation grains. The cube orientation grain nucleates preferably at 180 ℃ because of its low activation energy of nucleation, the cube nuclei grow favorably at 400 ℃ because of the anisotropy of 40°〈111〉 growth. and the cube texture is further strengthened at 550 ℃ and becomes prodominent because of favorable bigger grain sizes.展开更多
A self-made directional solidification setup was used to prepare high purity aluminum ingots of 100mm in diameter. The morphology of the growth interface was detected by SEM and AFM, and the grain lattice orientation ...A self-made directional solidification setup was used to prepare high purity aluminum ingots of 100mm in diameter. The morphology of the growth interface was detected by SEM and AFM, and the grain lattice orientation was detected by XRD. The results indicate that the grains suffer competitive growth under any conditions in experiments. The lattice orientation of the preferred grains is determined by the flow field above the solid-liquid interface. The horizontal lattice position does not change during the growth process. However, the lattice orientation in the growth direction varies with the growth velocity and approaches to [100] gradually during the growth process.展开更多
The independently designed and manufactured ultra-high-strength aluminum alloy Al-12.18 Zn-3.31 Mg-1.43 Cu-0.20 Zr-0.04 Sr was investigated via scanning electron microscopy observations, X-ray diffraction analysis, ha...The independently designed and manufactured ultra-high-strength aluminum alloy Al-12.18 Zn-3.31 Mg-1.43 Cu-0.20 Zr-0.04 Sr was investigated via scanning electron microscopy observations, X-ray diffraction analysis, hardness tests, electrical conductivity tests, tensile tests, intergranular corrosion tests, and exfoliation corrosion tests. The effect of pre-recovery on the microstructure and mechanical properties of this aluminum alloy was also studied. The results show that the pre-recovery heat treatment releases deformation energy, inhibits recrystallization, and decreases the dislocation density. Although the pre-recovery heat treatment has little effect on the hardness, electrical conductivity, and elongation of this aluminum alloy, it can dramatically improve the alloy's tensile strength(the maximum tensile strength increased from 785.0 MPa to 809.2 MPa). Moreover, the tensile properties of this aluminum alloy have a certain degree of isotropy, and the pre-recovery heat treatment does not affect this property. In addition, the rolled aluminum alloy exhibits good corrosion resistance, but the effect of the pre-recovery heat treatment on the alloy's resistance to intergranular and exfoliation corrosion is negligible.展开更多
The influence of the purity degree of the commercial aluminium on the mechanical properties: elastic stress, tensile strength, Brinell hardness, resilience and elongation at break was investigated. It was found that ...The influence of the purity degree of the commercial aluminium on the mechanical properties: elastic stress, tensile strength, Brinell hardness, resilience and elongation at break was investigated. It was found that the first three resistance characteristics decrease with the growth of the purity of the material chosen to the detriment of two ductility characteristics that rise to the three states considered: crude of casting noted: F, Annealed noted: O, hardened noted : H1/4. Furthermore, it is important to note that the hardened and the annealed lead respectively to a considerable hardening and a considerable softening. This hardening and this softening of the material in question can be respectively associated with the increase in dislocation density and immigration impurity elements of dislocations.展开更多
Ultra-high purity Yb_(2)O_(3) is the critical material of many high-tech materials such as laser glass and fiber,in which impurities seriously affect the laser color quality,intensity and power.In order to reduce the ...Ultra-high purity Yb_(2)O_(3) is the critical material of many high-tech materials such as laser glass and fiber,in which impurities seriously affect the laser color quality,intensity and power.In order to reduce the influence of impurities on the properties of laser materials,the purification process of Yb_(2)O_(3) was studied by comparing two kinds of resins(RT-1 and RS-1)using improved ion-exchange chromatography(IEC)method.In this study,through the synergistic improvement of resin structure and eluting system,the environmental pollution caused by ammonia water in the traditional IEC method was reduced,and the requirements of high temperature and pressure were cut.The ion exchange behavior and impurity removal mechanism in the resin column during the loading and eluting process were compared and analyzed.The experimental results show that RS-1 resin is all superior to RT-1resin in elements selectivity,ion exchange capacity and impurities removal rate.After separation and purification by IEC with RS-1 resin,the total removal rate of rare earth impurities was 77.59%and that of non-rare earth impurities was 95.86%when Yb recovery was more than 70%,both higher than that of RT-1 resin(73.26%and 83.18%).This indicates that the improved IEC method is very effective in separating and removing different metal impurities from Yb_(2)O_(3).The pilot test results of IEC method separating and purifying Yb_(2)O_(3) with RS-1 resin show that the purity of Yb_(2)O_(3) can be increased from 99.9929%to 99.9997%by IEC method.It has exhibited huge potential of preparing ultra-high purity Yb_(2)O_(3),especially the deep removal of non-rare earth impurities.展开更多
基金Projects(51204053,51074048,51204048)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(20110491518)supported by China Postdoctoral Science FoundationProject(2012CB619506)supported by the National Basic Research Program of China
文摘The effect of forging passes on the refinement of high purity aluminum during multi-forging was investigated. The attention was focused on the structure uniformity due to deformation uniformity and the grain refinement limitation with very high strains. The results show that the fine grain zone in the center of sample expands gradually with the increase of forging passes. When the forging passes reach 6, an X-shape fine grain zone is initially formed. With a further increase of the passes, this X-shape zone tends to spread the whole sample. Limitation in the structural refinement is observed with increasing strains during multi-forging process at the room temperature. The grains size in the center is refined to a certain size (110 μm as forging passes reach 12, and there is no further grain refinement in the center with increasing the forging passes to 24. However, the size of the coarse grains near the surface is continuously decreased with increasing the forging passes to 24.
文摘A novel type nano TiN/Ti composite grain refiner (TiN/Ti refiner) was prepared by high energy ball milling, and its effect on as-cast and hot-working microstructure of commercial purity aluminum (pure Al) was investigated. The results show that TiN/Ti refiner exhibits excellent grain refining performances on pure Al. With an addition of 0.2% TiN/Ti refiner, the average grain size of pure Al decreases to 82 μm, which is smaller than that of pure Ti and Al 5Ti 1B master alloy as refiners. The microstructure of weld joint of pure Al with 0.1% TiN/Ti refiner is fine equiaxed grains and the hardness of weld joint is higher than that of the base metal. For pure Al with 40% cold deformation and recrystallization at 250 °C for 1.0 h, the grains of the sample added 0.1% Ti powder have an obvious grain growth behavior. In contrast, oriented grains caused by deformation have been eliminated, and there is no obvious grain growth in pure Al refined with 0.1% TiN/Ti refiner, indicating that nano TiN in the refiner inhibits the growth of grain during recrystallization.
文摘Modifying effect and mechanism of trace rare earth on Fe(Si) rich impurity phases in commercial purity aluminum were studied with the aids of SEM, EDAX, TEM, etc. It is found that Ce rich mixed rare earth (RE) is an effective modifying agent, which makes the coarse Fe rich impurity phases transform into complex compounds of tiny, sphere/short stick form, thus improving mechanical properties of this material; its modifying mechanism is in that RE gathering in front of solid/liquid interface enters into the impurity phases, forming complex (AlFeSiRE) compounds; or is adsorbed in the impurity phases surface, impeding the growth of impurity phases; however, excessive RE will result in the increasing of RE compounds (secondary phases), and plasticity reduction of this material. Therefore, its addition amount should be less than 0 07% (mass fraction).
基金Project (51074033) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘For further knowledge about the refining performance of AlTiC master alloys, Al5.5Ti0.25C and Al6.5Ti0.5C master alloys containing high Ti and C content were prepared and used in grain refining experiments of 99.8% commercial pure aluminum(CPAl). Their performance was compared with two types of Al5Ti1B refiners whose performance was nowadays considered to be the best. These two types of master alloys show similar refining efficiency at the addition level of 0.2%. However, at the addition level of 0.5%, there still exists great performance difference between AlTiC and Al5TiB alloys in grain refinement of 99.98% and 99.995% high purity aluminum(HPAl). The growth of columnar grains is fully suppressed due to the refinement of AlTiC at the addition level of 0.5%. Also, at the same addition level, the grain refining experiments of Al3Ti0.15C and Al5Ti0.2C master alloys which have found initial commercial applications are conducted in the above-mentioned three types of pure aluminum. According to the experimental results, these two refiners of different compositions are both nonideal. The second phase particles extracted from each refiner were observed through TEM, while the nuclei of grains after grain refinement were observed through SEM. The results were analyzed through computation and comparison of the constitutional-supercooling parameter and the growth-restriction parameter whose values were determined by solute element in aluminum melt with different purity. Apparently, AlTiC master alloys with high content of Ti and C element have great refining potential.
文摘High pure and ultrapure Aluminum is increasingly used in highly corrosion resistant applications or to replace copper in conductive parts such as high voltage cable and transformers due to their higher electrical conductivity properties. Ultrapure Aluminum is also used in semiconductors industry. Hence, the market demands innovative refining technologies, which consume less energy, take less time and lead to higher resource efficiencies. The most common methodology to produce ultrapure Aluminum is zone refining, based on the principle of fractional crystallization. Zone refining is however a very time-consuming process. In order to achieve a purity of 6N, several passes along the crucible with each full day treatment must be carried out. Also this method cannot be conducted continuously. This paper presents first time a new and eco-efficient method, which offers high potential to meet the mentioned multi-dimensional demands. Firstly, distribution coefficients of main impurities in Aluminum—a deciding factor to forecast and assess the removal behavior of impurities-were studied theoretically as a function of temperature using thermo-chemical calculation in FactSageTM. Secondly, the innovative method using a rotating and gas cooled crystallizer (“cooled finger”) was developed to validate the principle. The influencing process parameters such as temperature gradient, cooling gas flow rate, etc. were experimentally investigated and the theoretical results could be verified.
基金Project(2002AA6070) supported by the Hi-tech Research and Development Program of China
文摘A self-made directional solidification device was used to fabricate d 80 mm high purity aluminum ingots. SEM and AFM were used to detect the shape of grain boundaries. The orientation of the grain was studied by X-ray diffractometry. The results show that the nucleation points locate at the intersections of three adjacent grains. The lattice orientation of grains does not alter in the horizontal direction, but gradually approaches the optimum growth direction in the vertical direction during the growth process. All the grains suffer the competition and only the one whose orientation is closest to the preferred direction can occupy the final growth space.
基金Project(50374028)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Shanghai Bao Steel Group of ChinaProject(PRAMX04-02)supported by Sino-French Cooperation Program
文摘The effects of an external DC(direct current)electric field on recrystallization texture evolution in the cold-rolled aluminum sheets with 99.99%purity were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction techniques.The cold-rolled high-purity aluminum sheets were annealed for 60 min at 200,300 and 400℃,respectively with and without an external DC electric field of 800 V/mm.The results show that with DC electric field,the recrystallization cube texture is strengthened at the stage of grain growth. Possible reason for the strengthening of the recrystallization cube texture with the applied electric field may be attributed to both selected nucleation and selected growth of cube oriented crystal nuclei.
文摘The mechanism of strengthening of cube texture ({001}<100>) by additional annealing of high purity aluminum foils was investigated by using orientation distribution functions (ODFs) and electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD). The results of ODFs and fiber show that the orientation densities of the S {123}<634> and Cu {112}<111> components increase in both the additional annealed samples and the 0.11 mm final cold rolled foils. And the EBSD results demonstrate that cube nuclei can be identified in the deformed matrix of those additional annealed samples. It is suggested that the strengthening of cube texture can be brought out by the increasing of components of S and Cu and the formation of cube nuclei caused by additional annealing. Moreover, it is found that the cube texture increases first and then decreases with increasing additional annealing temperature, and it is the strongest at 180 ℃.The strengthening of cube texture by additional annealing is proposed as the result of oriented growth of cube subgrains.
基金supported by GM Research Foundation under contract No.GB1279-NV
文摘Effects of Ce addition on microstructure, castability (fluidity and hot tearing sensitivity), mechanical properties and electric conductivity of commercial purity aluminum (CP-AI) were investigated through microstructure observation and performance tests. Results show that adding Ce in a CP-AI can considerably refine the grains, and has an important influence on the amount, crystallographic forms, and distribution of secondary phases. Addition of Ce also has a large impact on the fluidity and hot tearing sensitivity (HTS) of the CP-AI. With the addition of Ce from 0.1wt.% to 0.5wt.%, the fluidity of CP-AI is first increased remarkably and then decreased, and the HTS has an opposite response. The best castability of the studied alloys appears to be at 0.2wt.%-0.3wt.% Ce addition. The remarkable improvement in castability is attributed to the considerable refinement of grain structure. Ce addition can also lead to a significant rise in electric conductivity. The maximum conductivity of the as-cast CP-Al is 59.7% IACS with an addition of 0.2wt.%Ce. The T7 heat treatment can further improves the conductivity to 60.7% IACS. The Ce-induced evolution of the secondary phases is believed to be the mechanism for it.
基金Project(2004053304) supported by the PhD Program Foundation of Education Ministry of China
文摘The recrystallization behavior of 98.5% cold rolled high purity aluminum foils annealed at 300 ℃ was investigated,and the evolution of the microstructures was followed by electron back scattered diffraction(EBSD).The results show that the recrystallization process of the high purity aluminum foils at 300 ℃ is a mixture of discontinuous-and continuous-recrystallization.The orientations of the recrystallization nuclei include not only the cube orientation,but also other orientations such as some near deformation texture components which are the results of strong recovery process.However,such continuously recrystallized grains are usually associated with relatively high free energy,so they would be consumed by the discontinuously-recrystallized grains(cube-oriented grains)in subsequent annealing.On the other hand,the pattern quality index of recrystallized grains shows dependence on the crystal orientation which might introduce some errors into evaluating volume fraction of recrystallization by integrating pattern quality index of EBSD.
文摘The development of cube texture ({001}〈100〉) in high purity (99.99%) aluminum foils in multistage annealing was investigated by ODF and EBSD. It is found that a multistage annealing process can strengthen cube texture markedly, and that each stage of the multistage annealing plays an important eigen role in nucleation and growth of the cube orientation grains. The cube orientation grain nucleates preferably at 180 ℃ because of its low activation energy of nucleation, the cube nuclei grow favorably at 400 ℃ because of the anisotropy of 40°〈111〉 growth. and the cube texture is further strengthened at 550 ℃ and becomes prodominent because of favorable bigger grain sizes.
基金Project(2002AA336072) supported by the High-tech Research and Development Program of ChinaProject(03XD14009) supported by the Program of Shanghai Subject Chief Scientist
文摘A self-made directional solidification setup was used to prepare high purity aluminum ingots of 100mm in diameter. The morphology of the growth interface was detected by SEM and AFM, and the grain lattice orientation was detected by XRD. The results indicate that the grains suffer competitive growth under any conditions in experiments. The lattice orientation of the preferred grains is determined by the flow field above the solid-liquid interface. The horizontal lattice position does not change during the growth process. However, the lattice orientation in the growth direction varies with the growth velocity and approaches to [100] gradually during the growth process.
基金financially supported by the Jiangsu Provincial Industrial Science and Technology Support Program (No. BE2008118)the Basic Research on Isotropic Ultra-high Strength Aluminum Matrix Composite (No. 6140922010201)
文摘The independently designed and manufactured ultra-high-strength aluminum alloy Al-12.18 Zn-3.31 Mg-1.43 Cu-0.20 Zr-0.04 Sr was investigated via scanning electron microscopy observations, X-ray diffraction analysis, hardness tests, electrical conductivity tests, tensile tests, intergranular corrosion tests, and exfoliation corrosion tests. The effect of pre-recovery on the microstructure and mechanical properties of this aluminum alloy was also studied. The results show that the pre-recovery heat treatment releases deformation energy, inhibits recrystallization, and decreases the dislocation density. Although the pre-recovery heat treatment has little effect on the hardness, electrical conductivity, and elongation of this aluminum alloy, it can dramatically improve the alloy's tensile strength(the maximum tensile strength increased from 785.0 MPa to 809.2 MPa). Moreover, the tensile properties of this aluminum alloy have a certain degree of isotropy, and the pre-recovery heat treatment does not affect this property. In addition, the rolled aluminum alloy exhibits good corrosion resistance, but the effect of the pre-recovery heat treatment on the alloy's resistance to intergranular and exfoliation corrosion is negligible.
文摘The influence of the purity degree of the commercial aluminium on the mechanical properties: elastic stress, tensile strength, Brinell hardness, resilience and elongation at break was investigated. It was found that the first three resistance characteristics decrease with the growth of the purity of the material chosen to the detriment of two ductility characteristics that rise to the three states considered: crude of casting noted: F, Annealed noted: O, hardened noted : H1/4. Furthermore, it is important to note that the hardened and the annealed lead respectively to a considerable hardening and a considerable softening. This hardening and this softening of the material in question can be respectively associated with the increase in dislocation density and immigration impurity elements of dislocations.
基金financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2020YFC1909004)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Nos.2020M680615 and 2021T140581)the Youth Fund Project of GRINM。
文摘Ultra-high purity Yb_(2)O_(3) is the critical material of many high-tech materials such as laser glass and fiber,in which impurities seriously affect the laser color quality,intensity and power.In order to reduce the influence of impurities on the properties of laser materials,the purification process of Yb_(2)O_(3) was studied by comparing two kinds of resins(RT-1 and RS-1)using improved ion-exchange chromatography(IEC)method.In this study,through the synergistic improvement of resin structure and eluting system,the environmental pollution caused by ammonia water in the traditional IEC method was reduced,and the requirements of high temperature and pressure were cut.The ion exchange behavior and impurity removal mechanism in the resin column during the loading and eluting process were compared and analyzed.The experimental results show that RS-1 resin is all superior to RT-1resin in elements selectivity,ion exchange capacity and impurities removal rate.After separation and purification by IEC with RS-1 resin,the total removal rate of rare earth impurities was 77.59%and that of non-rare earth impurities was 95.86%when Yb recovery was more than 70%,both higher than that of RT-1 resin(73.26%and 83.18%).This indicates that the improved IEC method is very effective in separating and removing different metal impurities from Yb_(2)O_(3).The pilot test results of IEC method separating and purifying Yb_(2)O_(3) with RS-1 resin show that the purity of Yb_(2)O_(3) can be increased from 99.9929%to 99.9997%by IEC method.It has exhibited huge potential of preparing ultra-high purity Yb_(2)O_(3),especially the deep removal of non-rare earth impurities.