High‐Strength Nanotwinned Al Alloys with 9R Phase

Li, Qiang; Xue, Sichuang; Wang, Jian; Shao, Shuai; Kwong, Anthony H.; Giwa, Adenike; Fan, Zhe; Liu, Yue; Qi, Zhimin; Ding, Jie; Wang, Han; Greer, Julia R.; Wang, Haiyan; Zhang, Xinghang

doi:10.1002/adma.201704629

Title: High‐Strength Nanotwinned Al Alloys with 9R Phase

Journal Article · 22 January 2018 · Advanced Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201704629 · OSTI ID:1417710

^[1]; Xue, Sichuang ^[1]; Wang, Jian ^[2]; Shao, Shuai ^[3]; Kwong, Anthony H. ^[4]; Giwa, Adenike ^[4]; Fan, Zhe ^[5]; Liu, Yue ^[6]; Qi, Zhimin ^[1]; Ding, Jie ^[1]; Wang, Han ^[1]; Greer, Julia R. ^[4]; Wang, Haiyan ^[1]; Zhang, Xinghang ^[1]

School of Materials Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
Mechanical and Materials Engineering University of Nebraska‐Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588 USA
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Louisiana State University Baton Rouge LA 70803 USA
Division of Engineering and Applied Science California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA 91125 USA
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37830 USA
State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites School of Materials Science and Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 P. R. China

Abstract Light‐weight aluminum (Al) alloys have widespread applications. However, most Al alloys have inherently low mechanical strength. Nanotwins can induce high strength and ductility in metallic materials. Yet, introducing high‐density growth twins into Al remains difficult due to its ultrahigh stacking‐fault energy. In this study, it is shown that incorporating merely several atomic percent of Fe solutes into Al enables the formation of nanotwinned (nt) columnar grains with high‐density 9R phase in Al(Fe) solid solutions. The nt Al–Fe alloy coatings reach a maximum hardness of ≈5.5 GPa, one of the strongest binary Al alloys ever created. In situ uniaxial compressions show that the nt Al–Fe alloys populated with 9R phase have flow stress exceeding 1.5 GPa, comparable to high‐strength steels. Molecular dynamics simulations reveal that high strength and hardening ability of Al–Fe alloys arise mainly from the high‐density 9R phase and nanoscale grain sizes.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0016337

OSTI ID:: 1417710

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 30; ISSN 0935-9648

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Germany

Language:: English

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