[HTML][HTML] Making sustainable aluminum by recycling scrap: The science of “dirty” alloys

D Raabe, D Ponge, PJ Uggowitzer, M Roscher… - Progress in materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are several facets of aluminum when it comes to sustainability. While it helps to save
fuel due to its low density, producing it from ores is very energy-intensive. Recycling it shifts …

Hydrogen trapping and embrittlement in high-strength Al alloys

H Zhao, P Chakraborty, D Ponge, T Hickel, B Sun… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Ever more stringent regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from transportation motivate
efforts to revisit materials used for vehicles. High-strength aluminium alloys often used in …

Review on micro-alloying and preparation method of 7xxx series aluminum alloys: progresses and prospects

Y Dai, L Yan, J Hao - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Notably, 7xxx series aluminum alloy has become the most popular nonferrous alloy,
extensively used in industry, construction and transportation trades, due to its high …

Corrosion behavior of nano-treated AA7075 alloy with TiC and TiB2 nanoparticles

S Pan, J Yuan, C Linsley, J Liu, X Li - Corrosion Science, 2022 - Elsevier
High-strength Al alloys like Al-Zn-Mg-Cu series are susceptible to corrosion attacks. Nano-
treating is an emerging metallurgical method to enhance their performance. However, there …

Effect of the aging process and pre-deformation on the precipitated phase and mechanical properties of 2195 Al–Li alloy

B Xie, L Huang, J Xu, H Su, H Zhang, Y Xu, J Li… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Third-generation Al–Li alloys, represented by 2195 Al–Li alloy, have considerable
application opportunities in lightweight aerospace structures. This work investigates the …

Revisiting stress-corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement in 7xxx-Al alloys at the near-atomic-scale

M López Freixes, X Zhou, H Zhao, H Godin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The high-strength 7xxx series aluminium alloys can fulfil the need for light, high strength
materials necessary to reduce carbon-emissions, and are extensively used in aerospace for …

Review of micro-scale and atomic-scale corrosion mechanisms of second phases in aluminum alloys

Y Ji, Y Xu, B Zhang, Y Behnamian, D Xia… - Transactions of Nonferrous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Localized corrosion of aluminum (Al) alloys, such as pitting corrosion, intergranular
corrosion, and stress corrosion cracking is closely related to the micro-galvanic corrosion …

Prominent role of multi-scale microstructural heterogeneities on superplastic deformation of a high solid solution Al–7Mg alloy

M Zha, H Zhang, H Jia, Y Gao, S Jin, G Sha… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Achieving high superplasticity in single-phase Al alloys remains a challenge, since the fine-
grained structure required for superplastic deformation coarsens rapidly in the absence of …

Initial localized corrosion induced by multiscale precipitates in the new generation high-strength Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy

W Xue, Y Wang, J Xia, Z Zhang, K Huang, S Lu… - Corrosion …, 2023 - Elsevier
Initial localized corrosion behavior induced by nanoscale Mg (Zn, Al, Cu) 2 and micron-scale
Al 7 Cu 2 Fe precipitates were systematically investigated, respectively. Opposite to the …

Interface precipitation and corrosion mechanisms in a model Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloy strengthened by TiC particles

K Zhao, G Han, T Gao, H Yang, Z Qian, K Hu, G Liu… - Corrosion …, 2022 - Elsevier
Interface precipitation and corrosion behaviors in the cast and extruded TiC p/7050
composites are comprehensively investigated herein. Aging precipitates are inclined to …