Journal
INTERMETALLICS
Volume 18, Issue 8, Pages 1683-1689Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.intermet.2010.05.004
Keywords
aluminide; casting; phase interfaces; transmission electron microscopy
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- EPSRC (UK)
- EPSRC [EP/H020047/1, EP/H026177/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/H020047/1, EP/D029201/1, EP/H026177/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Al8Mn5 intermetallic particles are usually present in most of commercial Mg-Al based alloys. In recent years, the ability for the Al8Mn5 particles to act as potent nucleation sites for the alpha-Mg grains during the solidification of the Mg-Al alloys has been the subject of debate. In this work, the effect of Al8Mn5 particles on grain size of an Mg-9Al-1Zn (AZ91D) alloy was assessed. The experimental result from two AZ91D alloys with different Mn concentrations, i.e., 0.02 wt.% and 0.22 wt.% respectively, indicated that the grain size did not show any notable change. Further, high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) was conducted on samples with concentrated Al8Mn5 particles collected by pressurised filtration of the AZ91D alloy melt. The extensive TEM examination on the Al8Mn5/alpha-Mg interfaces revealed no crystallographic orientation relationship (OR) between the Al8Mn5 and alpha-Mg crystals. It is therefore concluded that Al8Mn5 particles are unlikely to act as effective nucleation sites for the alpha-Mg during solidification of Mg-Al based alloys. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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