Effect of Reinforced Particle Size on the Microstructure and Tensile Properties of B4C/Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Composites

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2022.574

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2023, Vol. 37

Issue (10): 731-738 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2022.574

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Effect of Reinforced Particle Size on the Microstructure and Tensile Properties of B₄C/Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Composites

XIE Donghang¹^,³, PAN Ran², ZHU Shize³, WANG Dong³(

), LIU Zhenyu³, ZAN Yuning³, XIAO Bolv³, MA Zongyi³

^1.School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang 110159, China
^2.AVIC Manufacturing Technology Institute, Beijing 100024, China
^3.Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China

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XIE Donghang, PAN Ran, ZHU Shize, WANG Dong, LIU Zhenyu, ZAN Yuning, XIAO Bolv, MA Zongyi. Effect of Reinforced Particle Size on the Microstructure and Tensile Properties of B₄C/Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Composites. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2023, 37(10): 731-738.

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Composites 15%B₄C/Al-6.5Zn-2.8Mg-1.7Cu with various size (7 μm, 14 μm, 20 μm) of reinforced paricales B₄C were prepared by powder metallurgy vacuum hot pressing method. B₄C particles can be uniformly distributed in the three composite materials, and the B₄C-Al interface reaction is relatively slight, and no obvious interfacial reaction products are observed. In the matrix of the three composites, the size of the precipitates is basically the same, all of which are about 5.5 nm. When the B₄C particle size is 7 μm, the composite has the best performance, i.e., yield strength of 648 MPa, tensile strength of 713 MPa and elongation of 3.3%. With the increase of particle size, the strength and elongation of the composites decreased. The strengthening mechanism and fracture mechanism of the three composites were analyzed, and the results showed that the composite reinforced with smaller B₄C particles had higher strength. The particles are not easy to break during deformation, so they have better plasticity.

Key words: composites Al alloy matrix powder metallurgy interface reaction particle size mechanical properties

Received: 31 October 2022

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Fund: National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFA1600704);Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation(3214053);Liaoning Province Xingliao Talent Program Project(XLYC2007009)

Corresponding Authors: WANG Dong, Tel: (024)23971752, E-mail: dongwang@imr.ac.cn

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Fig.1 OM images of 15 %B₄C/Al-6.5Zn-2.8Mg-1.7Cu composites with various particle sizes (a) 7 μm, (b) 14 μm, (c) 20 μm

Fig.2 SEM micrographs of 15 %B₄C/Al-6.5Zn-2.8Mg-1.7Cu composites with various particle sizes (a) 7 μm, (b) 14 μm, (c) 20 μm, (d,e,f) EDS analysis of particles pointed out by white arrows in (a,b,c)

Fig.3 XRD patterns of B₄Cp/Al-Zn-Mg-Cu composites with varying particle sizes in artificial aging state (a) 7 μm, (b) 14 μm, (c) 20 μm

Fig.4 Bright-field TEM images of artificially aged composites taken along [110]_Al zone axis (a, d) 7 μm, (b, e) 14 μm, (c, f) 20 μm

Table 1 Tensile properties of 15%B₄C/Al-6.5Zn-2.8Mg-1.7Cu composites with various particle sizes

Fig.5 Fractographs of 15%B₄C/Al-6.5Zn-2.8Mg-1.7Cu composites with various particle sizes (a) 7 μm, (b) 14 μm, (c) 20 μm

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