Precipitation strengthening in an ultralight magnesium alloy

Song Tang; Tongzheng Xin; Wanqiang Xu; David Miskovic; Gang Sha; Zakaria Quadir; Simon Ringer; Keita Nomoto; Nick Birbilis; Michael Ferry

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08954-z

Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Precipitation strengthening in an ultralight magnesium alloy

Song Tang,
Tongzheng Xin,
Wanqiang Xu,
David Miskovic,
Gang Sha,
Zakaria Quadir,
Simon Ringer,
Keita Nomoto,
Nick Birbilis,
Michael Ferry

Affiliations

Song Tang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales
Tongzheng Xin: School of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales
Wanqiang Xu: School of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales
David Miskovic: School of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales
Gang Sha: Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Zakaria Quadir: Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility, John de Laeter Centre, Curtin University
Simon Ringer: School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney
Keita Nomoto: School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney
Nick Birbilis: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University
Michael Ferry: School of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08954-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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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.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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