High Temperature Properties and Strengthening Mechanism of (Al11La3+Al2O3)/Al Composite

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2022.157

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2023, Vol. 37

Issue (2): 81-88 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2022.157

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High Temperature Properties and Strengthening Mechanism of (Al₁₁La₃+Al₂O₃)/Al Composite

ZHOU Cong¹^,², ZAN Yuning¹^,³(

), WANG Dong¹, WANG Quanzhao¹^,³, XIAO Bolv¹, MA Zongyi¹^,³

^1.Shi -Changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
^2.School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China
^3.CAS Key Laboratory of Nuclear Materials and Safety Assessment, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China

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ZHOU Cong, ZAN Yuning, WANG Dong, WANG Quanzhao, XIAO Bolv, MA Zongyi. High Temperature Properties and Strengthening Mechanism of (Al₁₁La₃+Al₂O₃)/Al Composite. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2023, 37(2): 81-88.

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Abstract

A (Al₁₁La₃+Al₂O₃)/Al composite was prepared by powder metallurgy process through the in-situ reaction of Al-La₂O₃. It was found that the high energy ball milling can promote the in-situ reaction and facilitate high-temperature sintering, thus a sufficient in-situ reaction between Al and La₂O₃ was achieved, and a dense and defect-free material was obtained. The microstructure analysis showed that micro-Al₁₁La₃ and nano-Al₂O₃ particles were uniformly dispersed in the matrix. The room-temperature tensile strength of the composite reached 328 MPa, the elongation was 10.5%, the tensile strength at 350℃ reached 119 MPa, and the elongation was 10.2%. Compared with the traditional Al-Cu-Mg-Ag and Al-Si-Cu-Mg heat-resistant aluminum alloys, the high-temperature tensile strength of the (Al₁₁La₃+Al₂O₃)/Al composite was enhanced by about 20%. The strengthening effect at room temperature may come mainly from the dislocation strengthening and load-transfer strengthening effect of Al₁₁La₃ and Al₂O₃, while the strengthening effect at high temperature may be ascribed to the grain boundary pinning effect of Al₂O₃.

Key words: composite high energy ball milling microstructure mechanical properties

Received: 21 March 2022

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Fund: CNNC Science Fund for Talented Young Scholars;National Natural Science Foundation of China(52171056);IMR Innovation Fund(2021-ZD02);Liaoning Revitalization Talents Program(XLYC1902058)

About author: ZAN Yuning, Tel: (024)23971752, E-mail: ynzan15b@imr.ac.cn

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Fig.1 Morphologies of pure Al powders (a), La₂O₃ particles (b), and mixed powders after HEBM (c)

Fig.2 XRD patterns of mixed powders after HEBM (a) and composite (b)

Fig.3 SEM images of composite with low (a, b) and high magnifications (c), EDS mapping (d, e) of the same position of (b), and EDS result of position A (f)

Fig.4 TEM images of composite (a) macrostructure and Al₁₁La₃ in the matrix, (b) a selected area diffraction pattern of A-phase, (c) (d) (e) EDS mapping of the same position of (a), (f) HRTEM image of Al₂O₃with its FFT in the inset, and (g) grain size

Fig.5 STEM-BF image of Al matrix (a), and EDS mapping (b, c) of the same position of (a)

Fig.6 Tensile stress-strain curves of composite and Al matrix at RT (a) and 350℃ (b)

Table 1 Tensile properties of composite and Al matrix

/MPa

∆ σ y m

Al₂O₃

Al₁₁La₃

∆ σ L - T

/MPa

$∆ σ O r o$

/MPa

$∆ σ G N D$

/MPa

∆ σ L - T

/MPa

$∆ σ O r o$

/MPa

$∆ σ G N D$

/MPa

Table 2 Calculation of yield strength of the composite and Al matrix

Fig.7 SEM fractographs at RT (a, b) and 350℃ (c, d) for composites

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