Published October 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Enhanced precipitation hardening of Mg-Ca alloy by Al addition

  • 1. National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba 305-0047 (Japan)

Description

We report the enhanced precipitation-hardening response of Mg-0.5Ca (wt.%) alloy by microalloying with Al. The peak hardness of 50 HV for the binary alloy was enhanced to 72 HV in a ternary Mg-0.5Ca-0.3Al alloy. Transmission electron microscopy and 3D atom probe analyses confirmed that the improvement in the peak hardness is associated with the dense precipitation of ordered monolayer Guinier-Preston zones and the subsequent formation of Al2Ca causes the over-aging.

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2010.06.028

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DOI
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2010.06.028;
PII
S1359-6462(10)00421-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Scripta Materialia
Journal Volume
63
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 831-834
ISSN
1359-6462
CODEN
SCMAF7

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