Precipitation strengthening in an ultralight magnesium alloy
Solution treatment and quenching can strengthen magnesium-lithium-aluminium alloys, but this strength decreases with ageing. Here, the authors show this is due to semi-coherent nanoparticle precipitation followed by coarsening, and control the lattice mismatch to stabilise the microstructure.
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-03-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08954-z |
Summary: | Solution treatment and quenching can strengthen magnesium-lithium-aluminium alloys, but this strength decreases with ageing. Here, the authors show this is due to semi-coherent nanoparticle precipitation followed by coarsening, and control the lattice mismatch to stabilise the microstructure. |
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ISSN: | 2041-1723 |