Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5458897 | Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 2017 | 21 Pages |
Abstract
Nanocrystalline Cu12 at% Al alloy was synthesized by high energy ball milling under cryogenic condition. The alloy was then annealed up to 900 °C (or 0.87 Tm). Phase and microstructural evaluation were carried out by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and the mechanical property was investigated by microhardness testing. Results show that at elevated temperatures grain growth of Cu 12 at% Al alloy is much less than pure Cu prepared under same condition. The microhardness of the alloy decreases from 2.91 GPa to 2.73 GPa (â¼6% decrease) after annealing at 900 °C. Superior thermal stability at high temperature was ascribed to the grain boundary pinning by nano-scale intermetallic particles. Kinetically stabilized grain size and hardness show good agreement with theoretical predictions.
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Authors
Somraj Chakravarty, Koushik Sikdar, Shudhansu S. Singh, Debdas Roy, Carl C. Koch,