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Amorphisation and Devitrification of Al-Transition Metal- Rare Earth Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Livio Battezzati ,
Marcello Baricco ,
Martin Kusy' ,
Mauro Palumbo ,
Paola Rizzi  and
Viktoria Ronto'
Livio Battezzati
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Chimica IFM, Centro di Eccellenza “Superfici ed Interfasi Nanostrutturate”, Università di Torino Via Pietro Giuria 7 10125 Torino, Italy
Marcello Baricco
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Chimica IFM, Centro di Eccellenza “Superfici ed Interfasi Nanostrutturate”, Università di Torino Via Pietro Giuria 7 10125 Torino, Italy
Martin Kusy'
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Chimica IFM, Centro di Eccellenza “Superfici ed Interfasi Nanostrutturate”, Università di Torino Via Pietro Giuria 7 10125 Torino, Italy
Mauro Palumbo
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Chimica IFM, Centro di Eccellenza “Superfici ed Interfasi Nanostrutturate”, Università di Torino Via Pietro Giuria 7 10125 Torino, Italy
Paola Rizzi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Chimica IFM, Centro di Eccellenza “Superfici ed Interfasi Nanostrutturate”, Università di Torino Via Pietro Giuria 7 10125 Torino, Italy
Viktoria Ronto'
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Chimica IFM, Centro di Eccellenza “Superfici ed Interfasi Nanostrutturate”, Università di Torino Via Pietro Giuria 7 10125 Torino, Italy
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Abstract

Amorphisation studies by rapid solidification of Al-based alloys containing a transition metal (TM) and a rare earth element (RE) are reported. Results on primary formation of Al nanocrystals are given and discussed in relation to possible nucleation mechanisms considering the effect of various RE elements (RE = La, Ce, Nd and Sm) in Al87Ni7RE6 alloys. Ti or Zr, immiscible with RE's, are added to the ternary alloys with the aim of revealing possible phase separation in the melt. Calculations of ternary Al-Ni-Ce metastable phase equilibria are helpful in understanding the transformation sequence. Composition profiles ahead of nanocrystals are computed using the DICTRA software which correctly predicts the occurrence of composition gradients.

The surface fracture of mechanically tested samples are observed in TEM to check whether crystallisation is induced by deformation.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 806: Symposium MM – Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Metals , 2003 , MM1.5
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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