Microstructures and microhardness evolutions of melt-spun Al-8Ni-5Nd-4Si alloy

Karakose E., KESKİN M.

MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION, cilt.65, ss.37-47, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 65
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.matchar.2012.01.002
  • Dergi Adı: MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.37-47
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Al-Ni-Nd-Si alloy with nominal composition of Al-8 wt.%Ni-5 wt.%Nd-4 wt.%Si was rapidly solidified by using melt-spinning technique to examine the influence of the cooling rate/conditions on microstructure and mechanical properties. The resulting conventional cast (ingot) and melt-spun ribbons were characterized by X-ray diffraction, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy together with energy dispersive spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, differential thermal analysis and Vickers microhardness tester. The ingot alloys consists of four phases namely alpha-Al, intermetallic Al3Ni, Al11Nd3 and fcc Si. Melt-spun ribbons are completely composed of alpha-Al phase. The optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy results show that the microstructures of rapidly solidified ribbons are clearly different from their ingot alloy. The change in microhardness is discussed based on the microstructural observations. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.