Published November 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

The influence of cooling rate on the microstructure of an Al-Ni hypereutectic alloy

  • 1. Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, A.P. 70-360, 04510 Mexico D.F. (Mexico)
  • 2. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, A.P. 18-102, ESIME UC, IPN, Mexico D.F. (Mexico)
  • 3. Laboratoire CP2M / TECSEN, UMR 6122, C.N.R.S. Faculte des Sciences et Techniques de St. Jerome F-13397 MARSEILLE Cedex 20 (France)

Description

An Al-4 at.% Ni alloy was prepared by a melt spinning technique and characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and high resolution transmission electron microscopy. The resulting ribbon microstructure consists of intermetallic Al9Ni2 globular-like structures embedded within an aluminum matrix. Characteristic globules are nanometric (∼ 100 nm) and are mainly located at the grain boundaries. The resulting effect on the mechanical properties is the enhancement of the alloy hardness from 58 to 371 HV

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2008.02.006

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.matchar.2008.02.006;
PII
S1044-5803(08)00070-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Materials Characterization
Journal Volume
59
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 1607-1612
ISSN
1044-5803
CODEN
MACHEX

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