Large-scale synthesis of Al-Cu-Fe submicron quasicrystals

Laijun Li, Qinling Bi, Jun Yang, Licai Fu, Liping Wang, Shuncai Wang, Weimin Liu

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)587-590
Number of pages4
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume59
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Al-Cu-Fe alloy
  • Quasicrystals (QC)
  • Rapid solidification (RS)
  • Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS)
  • Ultrafine grained microstructure

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