Formation of Al/(Al{sub 13}Fe{sub 4} + Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}) Nano-composites via Mechanical Alloying and Friction Stir Processing

Journal Article · Thu Feb 15 04:00:00 EST 2018 · Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S11665-018-3170-8· OSTI ID:22860244

Azimi-Roeen, Ghasem; Nosko, Martin; Nagy, Štefan ^[1]; Maťko, Igor ^[2]

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1. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics (Slovakia)
2. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics (Slovakia)

Combination of mechanical alloying and friction stir processing was used for the fabrication of Al/(Al{sub 13}Fe{sub 4} + Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}) nano-composites. Pre-milled hematite + Al powder mixture was introduced into the stir zone generated on 1050 aluminum alloy sheet by friction stir processing. Uniform and active milled powder mixture reacted with plasticized aluminum to produced Al{sub 13}Fe{sub 4} + Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} particles. Al{sub 13}Fe{sub 4} intermetallic showed elliptical shape with a typical size of ~ 100 nm, while nano-sized Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} exhibited irregular floc-shaped particles that formed clusters with the remnant of iron oxide particles in the fine recrystallized aluminum matrix. As the milling time (1-3 h) of the introduced powder mixture increased, the volume fraction of Al{sub 13}Fe{sub 4} + Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} particles increased in the fabricated composite. The hardness and ultimate tensile strength of the fabricated nano-composites varied from 54.5 to 75 HV and 139 to 159 MPa, respectively; these are much higher than those of the friction stir processed base alloy (33 HV and 97 UTS). The highest hardness and strength were achieved for the nano-composite fabricated using the 3-h milled powder mixture; hard nano-sized reaction products and fine recrystallized grains of Al matrix had major and minor roles on enhancing these properties, respectively.

• OSTI ID: 22860244
• Journal Information: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 27; ISSN 1059-9495; ISSN JMEPEG
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALUMINIUM
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ALUMINIUM OXIDES
HARDNESS
HEMATITE
INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON OXIDES
NANOSTRUCTURES
TENSILE PROPERTIES