The effect of high density pulse electric current (HDPEC) on the solidification structure of the low temperature melt(LTM) of commercial A356 alloy was investigated. In the experiments, the HDPEC was discharged in the...The effect of high density pulse electric current (HDPEC) on the solidification structure of the low temperature melt(LTM) of commercial A356 alloy was investigated. In the experiments, the HDPEC was discharged in the LTM (953?K, 903?K and 873?K). By the control experiments, the results showed that the solidification structure of the LTM of A356 alloy is refined apparently when the HDPEC is discharged in low temperature melt. However, the holding time of melt treated has an adverse effect on the solidification structure. The longer the holding time of the melt treated with HDPEC, the coarser the microstructure. With the same discharge voltage, the lower the temperature of LTM, the more obscure the refinement of solidification structure. Finally, the mechanism of microstructure refining by HDPEC was analyzed.展开更多
Five equiatomic alloys(Ti Zr Hf VNb, Ti Zr Hf VTa, Ti Zr Nb Mo V, Ti Zr Hf Mo V and Zr Nb Mo Hf V) composed of five elements with high melting temperature, respectively were prepared by arc-melting to develop a novel ...Five equiatomic alloys(Ti Zr Hf VNb, Ti Zr Hf VTa, Ti Zr Nb Mo V, Ti Zr Hf Mo V and Zr Nb Mo Hf V) composed of five elements with high melting temperature, respectively were prepared by arc-melting to develop a novel high temperature alloy. The five alloys exhibit different dendritic and interdendritic morphologies. The Ti Zr Hf VNb, Ti Zr Hf VTa and Ti Zr Nb Mo V alloys formed disordered solid solution phases with body-centered cubic structure, and exhibited high compressive strength and good plasticity. The Ti Zr Hf Mo V and Zr Nb Mo Hf V alloys are composed with Laves phase(Hf Mo2) and disordered solid solution phases with body-centered cubic structure. The Ti Zr Hf Mo V and Zr Nb Mo Hf V alloys are harder and more brittle than the other three alloys due to the existence of hard and brittle Laves phases. At high temperatures, the strength decreases to below 300 MPa for the Ti Zr Hf VNb and Ti Zr Hf Mo V alloys. Solution strengthening is the primary strengthening mechanism of the Ti Zr Hf VNb, Ti Zr Hf VTa and Ti Zr Nb Mo V alloys, and brittle Laves phase is the main cause for the low ductility of the Ti Zr Hf Mo V and Zr Nb Mo Hf V alloys.展开更多
In as-cast Mg?2.1Gd?1.1Y?0.82Zn?0.11Zr(mole fraction,%)alloy,lamellar microstructures that extend from grain boundaries to the interior ofα-Mg grains are identified as clusters ofγ′using a scanning transmission ele...In as-cast Mg?2.1Gd?1.1Y?0.82Zn?0.11Zr(mole fraction,%)alloy,lamellar microstructures that extend from grain boundaries to the interior ofα-Mg grains are identified as clusters ofγ′using a scanning transmission electron microscope equipped with a high-angle annular dark-field detector.Under a total strain-controlled low-cyclic loading at573K,the mechanical response and failure mechanism of Mg?2.1Gd?1.1Y?0.82Zn?0.11Zr alloy(T6peak-aging heat treatment)were investigated.Results show that the alloy exhibits cyclic softening response at diverse total strain amplitudes and573K.The experimental observations using scanning electron microscopy show that the micro-cracks initiate preferentially at the interface between long-period stacking order structures andα-Mg matrix and extend along the basal plane ofα-Mg.The massive long-period stacking order structures distributed at grain boundaries impede the transgranular propagation of cracks.展开更多
The structure and high-temperature electrochemical properties of the as-cast and annealed （940 °C, 8 h） La0.60Nd0.15Mg0.25Ni3.3Si0.10 hydrogen storage alloys were investigated. The X-ray diffraction revealed th...The structure and high-temperature electrochemical properties of the as-cast and annealed （940 °C, 8 h） La0.60Nd0.15Mg0.25Ni3.3Si0.10 hydrogen storage alloys were investigated. The X-ray diffraction revealed that the multiphase structure of the as-cast alloy with LaNi5 phase as the main phase was converted into a double-phase structure with La2Ni7 phase as the main phase after annealing. The surface morphology studied by scanning electronic microscope （SEM） showed that the annealed alloy had a much higher anti-corrosion ability than the as-cast alloy. Both alloys presented excellent activation characteristics at all test temperatures. The maximum discharge capacity of the as-cast alloy decreased when the test temperature increased, while the temperature almost had no effect on the annealed alloy. As the test temperature increased, the cyclic stability and charge retention of both alloys decreased, and these properties were improved significantly by annealing.展开更多
An effective dispersion-strengthening phase in Al-8Fe-2Mo-2Zr-2Nd-0.7Ti-1.6Si alloy was identified to be an aged precipitate phase with possible chemical stoichiometry of Al_(20)(Ti,Mo)_2 Nd and fcc crystal structure ...An effective dispersion-strengthening phase in Al-8Fe-2Mo-2Zr-2Nd-0.7Ti-1.6Si alloy was identified to be an aged precipitate phase with possible chemical stoichiometry of Al_(20)(Ti,Mo)_2 Nd and fcc crystal structure with a_o=1.455 nm.The structure was determined to be Fm3m space group.展开更多
The effect of Nb content on the martensitic transformation of NbRu high-temperature shape memory alloys is investigated by experiments and first-principles calculations. We calculate the lattice parameters, density of...The effect of Nb content on the martensitic transformation of NbRu high-temperature shape memory alloys is investigated by experiments and first-principles calculations. We calculate the lattice parameters, density of states, charge density, and heats of formation of Nb50＋xRu50-x βphase. The results show that an increase in Nb content increases the stability of Nbso＋xRu50-x β phase, leading to a significant decrease of the β to β ′martensitic transformation temperature. In addition, the mechanism of the effects of Nb content on phase stability and martensitic transformation temperature is studied on the basis of electronic structure.展开更多
文摘The effect of high density pulse electric current (HDPEC) on the solidification structure of the low temperature melt(LTM) of commercial A356 alloy was investigated. In the experiments, the HDPEC was discharged in the LTM (953?K, 903?K and 873?K). By the control experiments, the results showed that the solidification structure of the LTM of A356 alloy is refined apparently when the HDPEC is discharged in low temperature melt. However, the holding time of melt treated has an adverse effect on the solidification structure. The longer the holding time of the melt treated with HDPEC, the coarser the microstructure. With the same discharge voltage, the lower the temperature of LTM, the more obscure the refinement of solidification structure. Finally, the mechanism of microstructure refining by HDPEC was analyzed.
基金financially supported by the 973 project(2011CB610406)Natural Science Foundation of Hei Longjiang Province(JC201209)
文摘Five equiatomic alloys(Ti Zr Hf VNb, Ti Zr Hf VTa, Ti Zr Nb Mo V, Ti Zr Hf Mo V and Zr Nb Mo Hf V) composed of five elements with high melting temperature, respectively were prepared by arc-melting to develop a novel high temperature alloy. The five alloys exhibit different dendritic and interdendritic morphologies. The Ti Zr Hf VNb, Ti Zr Hf VTa and Ti Zr Nb Mo V alloys formed disordered solid solution phases with body-centered cubic structure, and exhibited high compressive strength and good plasticity. The Ti Zr Hf Mo V and Zr Nb Mo Hf V alloys are composed with Laves phase(Hf Mo2) and disordered solid solution phases with body-centered cubic structure. The Ti Zr Hf Mo V and Zr Nb Mo Hf V alloys are harder and more brittle than the other three alloys due to the existence of hard and brittle Laves phases. At high temperatures, the strength decreases to below 300 MPa for the Ti Zr Hf VNb and Ti Zr Hf Mo V alloys. Solution strengthening is the primary strengthening mechanism of the Ti Zr Hf VNb, Ti Zr Hf VTa and Ti Zr Nb Mo V alloys, and brittle Laves phase is the main cause for the low ductility of the Ti Zr Hf Mo V and Zr Nb Mo Hf V alloys.
基金Project(2015TP1035)supported by the Science and Technology Planning Project of Hunan Province,ChinaProject(531107040183)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China
文摘In as-cast Mg?2.1Gd?1.1Y?0.82Zn?0.11Zr(mole fraction,%)alloy,lamellar microstructures that extend from grain boundaries to the interior ofα-Mg grains are identified as clusters ofγ′using a scanning transmission electron microscope equipped with a high-angle annular dark-field detector.Under a total strain-controlled low-cyclic loading at573K,the mechanical response and failure mechanism of Mg?2.1Gd?1.1Y?0.82Zn?0.11Zr alloy(T6peak-aging heat treatment)were investigated.Results show that the alloy exhibits cyclic softening response at diverse total strain amplitudes and573K.The experimental observations using scanning electron microscopy show that the micro-cracks initiate preferentially at the interface between long-period stacking order structures andα-Mg matrix and extend along the basal plane ofα-Mg.The massive long-period stacking order structures distributed at grain boundaries impede the transgranular propagation of cracks.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50701011)the National High Technology Research and Develop-ment Program of China (2007AA03Z230, 2009AA03Z230)
文摘The structure and high-temperature electrochemical properties of the as-cast and annealed （940 °C, 8 h） La0.60Nd0.15Mg0.25Ni3.3Si0.10 hydrogen storage alloys were investigated. The X-ray diffraction revealed that the multiphase structure of the as-cast alloy with LaNi5 phase as the main phase was converted into a double-phase structure with La2Ni7 phase as the main phase after annealing. The surface morphology studied by scanning electronic microscope （SEM） showed that the annealed alloy had a much higher anti-corrosion ability than the as-cast alloy. Both alloys presented excellent activation characteristics at all test temperatures. The maximum discharge capacity of the as-cast alloy decreased when the test temperature increased, while the temperature almost had no effect on the annealed alloy. As the test temperature increased, the cyclic stability and charge retention of both alloys decreased, and these properties were improved significantly by annealing.
文摘An effective dispersion-strengthening phase in Al-8Fe-2Mo-2Zr-2Nd-0.7Ti-1.6Si alloy was identified to be an aged precipitate phase with possible chemical stoichiometry of Al_(20)(Ti,Mo)_2 Nd and fcc crystal structure with a_o=1.455 nm.The structure was determined to be Fm3m space group.
基金Project supported by the Youth Top-notch Innovative Talents Program of Harbin University of Science and Technology
文摘The effect of Nb content on the martensitic transformation of NbRu high-temperature shape memory alloys is investigated by experiments and first-principles calculations. We calculate the lattice parameters, density of states, charge density, and heats of formation of Nb50＋xRu50-x βphase. The results show that an increase in Nb content increases the stability of Nbso＋xRu50-x β phase, leading to a significant decrease of the β to β ′martensitic transformation temperature. In addition, the mechanism of the effects of Nb content on phase stability and martensitic transformation temperature is studied on the basis of electronic structure.
