| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/J72516/01 |
| Title: |
NANOPHASE ALUMINIUM-BASED COMPOSITES BY RAPID QUENCHING |
| Principal Investigator: |
Greer, Professor AL |
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| Department: |
Materials Science & Metallurgy |
| Organisation: |
University of Cambridge |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 September 1994 |
Ends: |
28 February 1998 |
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150,991
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By careful control of quenching conditions in melt-spinning, aluminium-based alloys (typical compositions Al88Ni10Y2 and Al88Ni9Fe3, at %) will be produced consisting of ultra-fine (3 to 30nm diameter) crystals of -Al embedded in an amorphous matrix. Such materials, first discovered in Japan, are known to have very attractive mechanical properties, notably high room temperature and high- temperature strengths and high-strain-rate superplasticity. The project focuses on: understanding and optimising the production process; analysis of microstructure; comparison of direct quenching and divitrification as production methods for such nanophase materials; assessment of the stability of the nanophase structure; measurement of mechanical properties (tensile strength, brittleness/ductility and creep/superplasticity), correlating the properties with microstructure and production conditions; and understanding the deformation processes and their effects on microstructure and properties.
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