HRTEM Observation of the Age Hardening Precipitates in Mg-Gd-Sc Alloys, with Different Gd Concentrations
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Β Phase
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High resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) observations were performed to investigate the age hardening precipitates in Mg-Gd-Sc alloys. The maximum hardness of these alloys increased with Gd content. The precipitates with the features of β” phase and β’ phase in Mg-Gd alloy were observed in Mg-15Gd-6.4Sc and Mg-10Gd-6.4Sc alloys. Maximum hardness and number density of precipitate in Mg-15Gd-6.4Sc alloy were higher than that in Mg-10Gd-6.4Sc alloy, and the finer precipitates with higher number of density were contributed to the maximum hardness in Mg-Gd-Sc alloys.