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Phase Transformation of a Dual Phase Al–Fe Alloy Prepared by Mechanical Alloying

  • Fei Zhou , Reinhard Lück EMAIL logo , Ke Lu and Manfred Rühle
Published/Copyright: February 11, 2022
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 92 Issue 7

Abstract

A metastable Al90Fe10 (at.%) alloy, composed of a supersaturated solid solution of face-centred cubic (fcc) Al(Fe) and an amorphous phase matrix, was prepared by mechanical alloying of a mixture of Al and Fe elemental blends. The thermally induced microstructural evolution in the dual phase alloy was characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and magnetothermal analysis. On continuous heating two stages of solid state phase transformation occurred: (i) a polymorphous crystallization of the amorphous phase to a metastable crystalline Al6Fe that structurally stabilizes over a temperature range of about 200 K, and (ii) a eutectoid decomposition of the crystalline Al6Fe into the equilibrium phases of Al13Fe4 and fcc Al(Fe). Thermodynamic and kinetic analyses of the observed phase transformation processes were given. The formation of the dual phase alloy in the as-milled state and the phase transitions can be illustrated by a hypothetical free energy diagram, implying the dual phase structure facilitates the polymorphous crystallization of Al6Fe.

Keywords: Mechanical alloying; Aluminium alloys; Thermodynamics; Polymorphous crystallization
Dr. R. Lück Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung Seestr. 92, D-70174 Stuttgart,Germany Fax: +49 7 11 2 26 57 22

Dedicated to Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Günter Petzow on the occasion of his 75th birthday

  1. The authors acknowledge support from the Exchange Programme Max-Planck-Gesellschaft / Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Sciences Foundation of China (under grant No. 59701002). Helpful discussions with Prof. F. Sommer, Dr. H.-P. Lamparter, Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung Stuttgart, Dr. C. Beeli, Laboratory for Solid State Physics, ETH, Zürich, the critical reading by Dr. D. Warrington, and the experimental assistance of D. Lang, P. Kopold, D. Kohl and G. Wörner are gratefully acknowledged.

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Received: 2001-03-15
Published Online: 2022-02-11

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijmr-2001-0129
Keywords for this article
Mechanical alloying; Aluminium alloys; Thermodynamics; Polymorphous crystallization

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  3. “No wise man ever wish to be younger”
  4. Aufsätze/Articles
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  12. Discrete Element Simulation of Ceramic Powder Processing
  13. Strain Relaxation and Internal Friction in the Range of the Glass Transition
  14. A Thermodynamic Model of an Amorphous Grain Boundary Phase in Liquid-Phase Sintered β-SiAlON Ceramic
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