Published April 11, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Mechanical strength of nanocrystalline/amorphous Al90Fe5Gd5 composites produced by rolling

  • 1. Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (United States)

Description

Mechanical deformation is expected to be an alternative route for synthesizing nanocrystalline/amorphous matrix composites. However, it is found that nanocrystalline/amorphous Al90Fe5Gd5 composites produced by cold rolling have lower hardness than the as-spun, fully amorphous, alloy. Much smaller pileups are observed around indents in rolled samples than in the as-spun sample. Combining high-resolution transmission electron microscopy with Fourier transform and image filtering, many nanovoids are observed in the shear bands near the boundary with the undeformed matrix

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
86
Journal Issue
15
Journal Page Range
p. 151916-151916.3
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

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(c) 2005 American Institute of Physics