Atom probe study of early stage phase decomposition in an Al-7.8 at.% Li alloy

1992 ◽  
Vol 40 (11) ◽  
pp. 3027-3034 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Hono ◽  
S.S. Babu ◽  
K. Hiraga ◽  
R. Okano ◽  
T. Sakurai
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Atom Probe ◽  
Phase Decomposition

Nano-Scale Clusters Formed in the Early Stage of Phase Decomposition of Al-Mg-Si Alloys

2005 ◽  
Vol 475-479 ◽  
pp. 357-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shoichi Hirosawa ◽  
Tatsuo Sato
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Sheet Material ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Natural Aging ◽  
Aging Treatment ◽  
Atom Probe ◽  
Phase Decomposition ◽  
Aging Behavior ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Nano Scale

The formation of nano-scale clusters (nanoclusters) prior to the precipitation of the strengthening b” phase significantly influences two-step aging behavior of Al-Mg-Si alloys. In this work, the existence of two kinds of nanoclusters has been verified in the early stage of phase decomposition by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and three-dimensional atom probe (3DAP). Pre-aging treatment at 373K before natural aging was also found to form preferentially one of the two nanoclusters, resulting in the remarkable restoration of age-hardenability at paint-bake temperatures. Such microstructural control by means of optimized heat-treatments; i.e. nanocluster assist processing (NCAP), possesses great potential for enabling Al-Mg-Si alloys to be used more widely as a body-sheet material of automobiles.

Effects of Isothermal Aging on Clustering and Paint-Bake Hardening Behavior in an Al-Mg-Si Alloy

2014 ◽  
Vol 794-796 ◽  
pp. 897-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Aruga ◽  
Masaya Kozuka ◽  
Yasuo Takaki ◽  
Tatsuo Sato
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Natural Aging ◽  
Atom Probe ◽  
Bake Hardening ◽  
Subsequent Aging ◽  
Significant Drop ◽  
Β Phase ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Hardness Increase ◽  
Small Clusters

The relationship between the cluster morphology formed during natural or artificial aging and the paint-bake hardening response in an Al-0.62Mg-0.93Si (mass%) alloy have been investigated using atom probe tomography (APT). Increasing the subsequent aging time at 170 °C causes a gradual increase in hardness in the artificially aged materials, while the retardation period of the hardness increase appears in the naturally aged materials at the early stage of aging. The statistically-proved records in the APT analysis have shown that the artificially aged materials have some large clusters. It is revealed that the hardening at the early stage of the subsequent aging at 170 °C is not promoted in the long-time naturally aged material although the number density of small clusters increases approximately 1.3 times by prolonged natural aging.Hence, we believe that the small clusters are hard to transform continuously into the β'' phase during aging at 170 °C. As for the naturally aged materials, the long-time aging leads to a significant drop in hardness at the early stage of aging at 170 °C. It is speculated that the Mg-Si mixed clusters formed after long-time natural aging can be reversed during the subsequent heat treatment.

Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of the Phase Transformation in Al-rich TiAl Intermetallic Compounds

2000 ◽  
Vol 646 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Koyama ◽  
M. Doi ◽  
S. Naito
Keyword(s):  
Field Model ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Phase Field Model ◽  
Oblate Spheroid ◽  
Al Alloy ◽  
Phase Decomposition ◽  
Theoretical Investigations ◽  
Tial Intermetallic Compound ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Good Agreement

ABSTRACTThe phase decomposition of the Al-rich γ TiAl intermetallic compound in the TiAl(L10) and Ti3Al5(P4/mbm) two phases region is investigated experimentally. On the phase decomposition of the Ti-56at%Al alloy, the single precipitate(Ti3Al5) shape is an oblate spheroid at the early stage of precipitation and each particle is aligned along certain direction of the orientation about 20 degrees from [100]. During coarsening, the precipitates encounter each other, then, the shape of the particle becomes the slanted or bended plate. In the case of phase decomposition of the Ti-58at%Al alloy, the tweed-like structure is observed at the beginning of the aging. The precipitates are connected each other during coarsening, finally the microstructure becomes the large layered structure with a zigzag-shaped interface. These microstructure changes are simulated based on the phase field model. The morphology and the time development of the simulated microstructure are in good agreement with the experimental results.

Slow Bainite: an Opportunity to Determine the Carbon Content of the Bainitic Ferrite during Growth

2011 ◽  
Vol 172-174 ◽  
pp. 111-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisca García Caballero ◽  
Michael K. Miller ◽  
Carlos García-Mateo
Keyword(s):  
Solid Solution ◽  
Carbon Content ◽  
Atom Probe Tomography ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Bainitic Ferrite ◽  
Atom Probe ◽  
Transformation Kinetics ◽  
Bainite Transformation ◽  
Parent Austenite ◽  
Kinetics Of

The amount of carbon in solid solution in bainitic ferrite at the early stage of transformation has been directly determined by atom probe tomography at 200 °C, taking advantage of the extremely slow transformation kinetics of a novel nanocrystalline steel. Results demonstrated that the original bainitic ferrite retains much of the carbon content of the parent austenite providing strong evidence that bainite transformation is essentially displacive in nature.

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