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Microstructural Evolution and Age Hardening in Aluminium Alloys: Atom Probe Field-Ion Microscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies

Simon P. Ringer, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2000 - 
- Vol. 44, Iss: 44, pp 101-131
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In this article, the authors examined the microstructural evolution in selected aluminium alloys based on commercial age hardenable 2000, 6000, and 7000 series alloys and showed that the nature and kinetics of the precipitation process depend on the solute-solute interactions that produce solute clusters.
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This article is published in Materials Characterization.The article was published on 2000-01-01. It has received 432 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Precipitation hardening & Hardening (metallurgy).

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Mechanical Behavior and Strengthening Mechanisms in Ultrafine Grain Precipitation-Strengthened Aluminum Alloy

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between precipitation phenomena, grain size and mechanical behavior in a complex precipitation-strengthened alloy system, Al 7075 alloy, a commonly used aluminum alloy, was selected as a model system in the present study.
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Precipitates and intermetallic phases in precipitation hardening Al–Cu–Mg–(Li) based alloys

TL;DR: A critical review of work on the formation of precipitates and intermetallic phases in dilute precipitation hardening Al-Cu-Mg based alloys with and without Li additions is presented in this paper.
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Towards strength–ductility synergy through the design of heterogeneous nanostructures in metals

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review recent advances in overcoming this tradeoff, by purposely deploying heterogeneous nanostructures in an otherwise single-phase metal, and advocate this broad vision to help guide future innovations towards a synergy between high strength and high ductility.
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Nanostructural hierarchy increases the strength of aluminium alloys

TL;DR: Aluminium alloys are engineer to contain a hierarchy of nanostructures and possess mechanical properties that expand known performance boundaries-an aerospace-grade 7075 alloy exhibits a yield strength and uniform elongation approaching 1 GPa and 5%, respectively.
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Structural evolutions of metallic materials processed by severe plastic deformation

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review on important micro-structural evolutions and major microstructural features induced by SPD processing in single-phase metallic materials with face-centered cubic structures, body-centered cylindrical structures, and hexagonal close-packed structures, as well as in multi-phase alloys is provided.
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Electron Microscopy of Thin Crystals

TL;DR: Hirsch et al. as mentioned in this paper described further experiments on the preparation of thin film sections of embedded Backscatter Kikuchi diffraction in the SEM for identification of crystallographic thin films by electron microscopy.
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The precipitation sequence in Al–Mg–Si alloys

TL;DR: In this article, the fine-scale precipitation that occurs during age hardening of Al alloy 6061 has been studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), APFIM and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
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Light Alloys : Metallurgy of the Light Metals

TL;DR: The physical metallurgy of aluminium alloys has been studied in this article, with the focus on the light metals and their applications in the development of novel alloys and processes.
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Pre-precipitate clusters and precipitation processes in Al-Mg-Si alloys

TL;DR: In this paper, a three-dimensional atom probe (3DAP) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to characterize the solute clusters and the metastable precipitates in aged Al-Mg-Si alloys.
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