Structural Synergy of NanoAl2O3/NanoAl Composites with High Thermomechanical Properties and Ductility
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experiments
3. Results
3.1. Microstructure of NanoAl2O3/NanoAl Composites
3.2. Mechanical Properties of NanoAl2O3/nanoAl Composites at 25 and 500 °C
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Hardness | Compressive Properties | Tensile Properties | ||||||
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(HV5) | RT | 500 °C | RT | 500 °C | |||||
UCS (MPa) | El (%) | UCS (MPa) | El (%) | UTS (MPa) | El (%) | UTS (MPa) | El (%) | ||
Al-0 | 73 ± 8 | 178 ± 8 | 19.0 ± 1.1 | 100 ± 5 | 12.2 ± 1 | 194 ± 5 | 24 ± 0.8 | 153 ± 10 | 18.4 ± 1 |
Al-1 | 100 ± 9 | 434 ± 9 | 11.5 ± 1.1 | 272 ± 8 | 9.6 ± 1 | 389 ± 7 | 12.3 ± 0.2 | 253 ± 3 | 14.9 ± 0.2 |
Al-2 | 112 ± 5 | 466 ± 6 | 25.1 ± 1.0 | 366 ± 5 | 22.2 ± 2 | 396 ± 15 | 15.9 ± 1.6 | 256 ± 8 | 14.5 ± 0.8 |
Al-3 | 114 ± 5 | 489 ± 10 | 17.8 ± 1.8 | 344 ± 7 | 18.2 ± 0.8 | 512 ± 20 | 17.9 ± 2 | 280 ± 11 | 15.0 ± 0.7 |
Al-4 | 122 ± 8 | 432 ± 7 | 9.1 ± 0.7 | 324 ± 8 | 20.8 ± 1.1 | 362 ± 10 | 12.1 ± 1 | 252 ± 11 | 15.9 ± 0.4 |
Al-5 | 124 ± 4 | 442 ± 10 | 14.1 ± 1.2 | 295 ± 2 | 18 ± 0.5 | 360 ± 15 | 16.8 ± 1.3 | 245 ± 9 | 17.2 ± 0.6 |
Al-10 | 133 ± 7 | 526 ± 11 | 16.7 ± 1.9 | 315 ± 12 | 12.5 ± 0.8 | 356 ± 7 | 11.9 ± 1.1 | 206 ± 3 | 13.2 ± 0.1 |
Al-20 | 154 ± 10 | 518 ± 8 | 4.8 ± 1 | 299 ± 10 | 4.3 ± 0.4 | 160 ± 5 | 5.2 ± 0.9 | 93 ± 3 | 7.8 ± 0.2 |
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Kutzhanov, M.K.; Matveev, A.T.; Bondarev, A.V.; Shchetinin, I.V.; Konopatsky, A.S.; Shtansky, D.V. Structural Synergy of NanoAl2O3/NanoAl Composites with High Thermomechanical Properties and Ductility. Metals 2023, 13, 1696. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13101696
Kutzhanov MK, Matveev AT, Bondarev AV, Shchetinin IV, Konopatsky AS, Shtansky DV. Structural Synergy of NanoAl2O3/NanoAl Composites with High Thermomechanical Properties and Ductility. Metals. 2023; 13(10):1696. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13101696
Chicago/Turabian StyleKutzhanov, Magzhan K., Andrei T. Matveev, Andrey V. Bondarev, Igor V. Shchetinin, Anton S. Konopatsky, and Dmitry V. Shtansky. 2023. "Structural Synergy of NanoAl2O3/NanoAl Composites with High Thermomechanical Properties and Ductility" Metals 13, no. 10: 1696. https://doi.org/10.3390/met13101696