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Studies of Thermally Activated Processes in Gas-atomized Al Alloy Powders: in Situ STEM Heating Experiments on FIB-cut Cross Sections

Gas atomization is the most common approach used to produce powders of metallic alloys, and the high cooling rates involved frequently lead to the formation of non-equilibrium microstructures and phases.

Published onJan 18, 2020
Studies of Thermally Activated Processes in Gas-atomized Al Alloy Powders: in Situ STEM Heating Experiments on FIB-cut Cross Sections
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Abstract

Gas atomization is the most common approach used to produce powders of metallic alloys, and the high cooling rates involved frequently lead to the formation of non-equilibrium microstructures and phases. The transformations that occur in the powders upon heating are of great interest but are challenging to study experimentally. Here we use a novel focused ion beam-based specimen preparation protocol to obtain cross sections through individual gas-atomized powder particles of three different aluminum alloys: solid solution-strengthened Al5056, precipitation-hardenable Al6061, and an Al–Cr–Mn–Co–Zr alloy which contains icosahedral quasicrystal dispersoids. In situ scanning transmission electron microscopy heating experiments were performed on these cross-sectional specimens to investigate the changes that occur in the metastable phases and non-equilibrium microstructures upon heating. The experiments reveal the details of a wide variety of thermally activated processes occurring in the particles including: solute redistribution to eliminate micro-segregation; dissolution, coarsening, transformation and decomposition of secondary phases; and precipitation within the aluminum matrix.

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Vijayan, S., Bedard, B., Gleason, M., Leonard, H., Cote, D., & Aindow, M. (2019). Studies of thermally activated processes in gas-atomized Al alloy powders: in situ STEM heating experiments on FIB-cut cross sections.(Metals). Journal of Materials Science, 54(13), 9921–9932. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03562-0

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