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Title: Bimodal size distributions of {gamma}{prime} precipitates in {und Ni}-Al-Mo. 2: Transmission electron microscopy

Journal Article · · Acta Metallurgica et Materialia
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  1. ETH Zuerich (Switzerland). Institut fuer Angewandte Physik
  2. Risoe National Lab., Roskilde (Denmark). Dept. of Solid State Physics

A double step aging procedure was used to produce bimodal size distributions of precipitates in two {und Ni}-Al-Mo alloys. The evolution of the microstructure during the decomposition was studied using transmission electron microscopy. Shape and changes in the spatial correlations of the precipitate ensemble as well as precipitate size distributions were determined for a very wide times scale. Particle shape transitions during aging were monitored by the determination of aspect-ratio distributions. The results is found between the size distributions determined by the two techniques. In the alloy with high coherency strains peculiar phenomena were observed during aging, e.g. coalescence among the small precipitates, preferential growth of small precipitates in the presence of larger ones, and a dramatic narrowing of the size distribution of large precipitates indicating a uniformization in size towards late stages of aging.

OSTI ID:
105988
Journal Information:
Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, Vol. 43, Issue 9; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English