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Ag2Al plates in Al–Ag alloys

  • Sephalika Senapati , Bradley Kabes and Helge Heinrich EMAIL logo
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 97 Issue 3

Abstract

The late stages of precipitation in aluminum-rich Al –Ag alloys with silver contents from 3 at.% to 22 at.% were studied with transmission electron microscopy. Shapes, sizes, and arrangements of plates of the stable hexagonal Ag2Al phase forming on {111} planes of the f.c.c. matrix were analysed. The high-angle annular dark-field contrast in scanning transmission electron microscopy is calibrated. This calibration allows for the quantitative measurement of plate thicknesses from high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron micrographs of Ag2Al plates inclined to the electron beam. Results from these measurements are in good agreement with direct bright-field micrographs of plates viewed edge-on. For samples with silver contents above 12 at.% a parallel lamellar arrangement of fine γ-plates and Al-rich matrix is found after extended heat treatments.

Keywords: Al –Ag alloys; Precipitates; Scanning transmission electron microscopy; Atomic number contrast
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Dedicated to Professor Dr. Gernot Kostorz on the occasion of his 65th birthday

  1. The authors are thankful to Profs. Seal and Sohn for their support in alloying and heat treatments.

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Received: 2005-10-03
Accepted: 2005-12-09
Published Online: 2022-01-11

© 2006 Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijmr-2006-0052
Keywords for this article
Al –Ag alloys; Precipitates; Scanning transmission electron microscopy; Atomic number contrast

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. Professor Dr. Gernot Kostorz 65 years
  3. Dislocation micromechanisms under single slip conditions
  4. Characterisation of short-range order using dislocations
  5. Between microscopic and mesoscopic descriptions of twin–twin interaction
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  8. Formation of the ABC6-type ordered structure in fcc alloys
  9. Short-range order in Fe-21.9 at.% Al
  10. Criteria for developing castable, creep-resistant aluminum-based alloys – A review
  11. Phase decomposition and precipitation of metastable A2 phase in B2 ordered Co–Al–Fe alloys
  12. Atomic migration and ordering phenomena in bulk and thin films of FePd and FePt
  13. Late-stage coarsening of oil droplets of excess oil in microemulsions following a temperature quench
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  15. Ripening of L12 Ni3Ti precipitates in the framework of the trans-interface diffusion-controlled theory of particle coarsening
  16. Texture evolution in equiaxed polycrystalline L10-ordered FePd during coarsening at 600 °C
  17. Modulated structures in amorphous films of Cr-silicide prepared by electron-beam-deposition
  18. Early stages of nucleation and growth of Guinier –Preston zones in Al–Zn–Mg and Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloys
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  20. Ag2Al plates in Al–Ag alloys
  21. A critical analysis of the composite model as applied to high-temperature creep of Al and an Al–Mg alloy
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  37. Criteria for developing castable, creep-resistant aluminum-based alloys – A review
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