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| Author(s): |
Coury, Francisco Gil
[1]
;
Pires, Elcio L.
[2]
;
Wolf, Witor
[2]
;
Paes de Almeida, Fernando H.
[2]
;
Costa e Silva, Andre Luiz
[3]
;
Botta, Walter J.
[2]
;
Kiminami, Claudio S.
[2]
;
Kaufman, Michael J.
[1]
Total Authors: 8
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| Affiliation: | [1] Colorado Sch Mines, Dept Met & Mat Engn, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401 - USA
[2] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Engn Mat, Rodovia Washington Luis, Km 235, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Fluminense, Escola Engn Ind Met Volta Redonda, Av Trabalhadores 420 Vila Santa Cecilia, 1R-27255125 Volta Redonda, RJ - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Journal of Alloys and Compounds; v. 727, p. 460-468, DEC 15 2017. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 3 |
| Abstract | |
The subtle change in the space group that occurs in the Al12-xMnxCe tau t phase as the Al/Mn ratio is varied in the Al-Mn-Ce system was characterized using scanning electron microscopy and analytical transmission electron microscopy and the atom positions associated with this change were refined using x-ray diffraction. In addition, the reaction temperatures were identified using differential scanning calorimetry. Understanding the nature of this phase is of particular importance because of its presence in a series of high strength, high temperature alloys that are being pursued in this system. It is shown that there are two distinct space groups for the t phase that are related to one another and depend on the Al/Mn ratio - at lower ratio, the space group is I4//mmm but at higher Al/Mn ratio, the Mn and Al atoms order on one of the Wyckoff sites in the I4/mmm structure and the ordering plus slight distortions away from the symmetry positions causes a loss of the body centering and a change to the P4/nmm space group with a unit cell approximately twice that of the I4/mmm cell. The results provide clarification to the conflicting reports in the literature and lead to a clearer assessment of the phase equilibria in the Al-rich portion of the Al-Mn-Ce system. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/24530-9 - MECHANISM OF FORMATION OF QUASICRYSTALLINE PHASES IN ALUMINUM ALLOYS UNDER LOW COOLING RATES FROM THE LIQUID |
| Grantee: | Francisco Gil Coury |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |