Abstract
Al-Cu-Fe alloy with a nominal composition of Al62Cu25.5Fe12.5 (at.%) has been fabricated by a combination of pressure-assisted self-propagating high-temperature synthesis and rapid solidification. The as-synthesized Al-Cu-Fe alloy mainly consists of icosahedral quasicrystalline (IQC) ψ-Al65Cu20Fe15 and cubic β-Al (Cu, Fe) solid solution phases, and exhibits finely equiaxed grains with a size ranging from 50 to 200 nm. The mechanism for the formation of the ultrafine-grained IQC phase has been explained.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 587-590 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Scripta Materialia |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Al-Cu-Fe alloy
- Quasicrystals (QC)
- Rapid solidification (RS)
- Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS)
- Ultrafine grained microstructure