Metals (Nov 2019)

Pure Aluminum Structure and Mechanical Properties Modified by Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Nanoparticles and Ultrasonic Treatment

  • Ilya A. Zhukov,
  • Alexander A. Kozulin,
  • Anton P. Khrustalyov,
  • Nikolay I. Kahidze,
  • Marina G. Khmeleva,
  • Evgeny N. Moskvichev,
  • Dmitry V. Lychagin,
  • Alexander B. Vorozhtsov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/met9111199
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 11
p. 1199

Abstract

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This paper examines dispersion hardened alloys based on commercial-purity aluminum obtained by permanent mold casting with the addition of aluminum oxide nanoparticles. Ultrasonic treatment provides a synthesis of non-porous materials and a homogeneous distribution of strengthening particles in the bulk material, thereby increasing the mechanical properties of pure aluminum. It is shown that the increase in the alloy hardness, yield stress, ultimate tensile strength, and lower plasticity depend on the average grain size and a greater amount of nanoparticles in the alloy.

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