Sustainability through alloy design: Challenges and opportunities

JL Cann, A De Luca, DC Dunand, D Dye… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Exciting metallurgical breakthroughs of the last decades alongside the development and
wide-ranging availability of new and more capable experimental and theoretical tools for …

Grain refinement of aluminum and aluminum alloys by Sc and Zr

Z Lei, S Wen, H Huang, W Wei, Z Nie - Metals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rare earth elements and transition elements are widely used in aluminum alloys,
magnesium alloys and copper alloys due to their unique microalloying effects. With regard to …

Additive manufacturing and mechanical properties of the dense and crack free Zr-modified aluminum alloy 6061 fabricated by the laser-powder bed fusion

A Mehta, L Zhou, T Huynh, S Park, H Hyer, S Song… - Additive …, 2021 - Elsevier
For additive manufacturing such as laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), commercial aluminum
alloy (AA) 6061 is typically considered unsuitable due to formation of solidification cracking …

Microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-Mg-Zr alloys processed by selective laser melting

JR Croteau, S Griffiths, MD Rossell, C Leinenbach… - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Gas-atomized powders of two ternary alloys, Al-3.60 Mg-1.18 Zr and Al-3.66 Mg-1.57 Zr
(wt.%), were densified via laser powder bed fusion. At energy densities ranging from 123 to …

Developing age-hardenable Al-Zr alloy by ultra-severe plastic deformation: Significance of supersaturation, segregation and precipitation on hardening and electrical …

A Mohammadi, NA Enikeev, MY Murashkin, M Arita… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The aluminum-zirconium (Al-Zr) alloys are of interest because of their superior
thermal stability and good electrical conuctivity, but their main drawback is their rather low …

Microstructure and tensile property of a novel AlZnMgScZr alloy additively manufactured by gas atomization and laser powder bed fusion

L Zhou, H Pan, H Hyer, S Park, Y Bai, B McWilliams… - Scripta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Dense and crack-free Al-6Zn-2Mg (wt%) alloys with 1 wt%(Sc+ Zr) addition were additively
manufactured by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) using gas atomized powders. As-built …

Effect of laser rescanning on the grain microstructure of a selective laser melted Al-Mg-Zr alloy

S Griffiths, MD Rossell, J Croteau, NQ Vo… - Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
The microstructures of alloys created via Additive Manufacturing (AM) can vary substantially
from those present in cast or wrought products, due to the very rapid solidification associated …

Precipitation evolution in Al–0.1 Sc, Al–0.1 Zr and Al–0.1 Sc–0.1 Zr (at.%) alloys during isochronal aging

KE Knipling, RA Karnesky, CP Lee, DC Dunand… - Acta Materialia, 2010 - Elsevier
Precipitation strengthening is investigated in binary Al–0.1 Sc, Al–0.1 Zr and ternary Al–0.1
Sc–0.1 Zr (at.%) alloys aged isochronally between 200 and 600° C. Precipitation of Al3Sc …

Microstructure and mechanical properties of Zr-modified aluminum alloy 5083 manufactured by laser powder bed fusion

L Zhou, H Hyer, S Park, H Pan, Y Bai, KP Rice… - Additive …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Aluminum alloy (AA), AA5083 and AA5083 alloyed with 0.7 wt.% Zr (hereafter
denoted as AA5083+ Zr) were manufactured by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) using gas …

Ambient-and high-temperature mechanical properties of isochronally aged Al–0.06 Sc, Al–0.06 Zr and Al–0.06 Sc–0.06 Zr (at.%) alloys

KE Knipling, DN Seidman, DC Dunand - Acta Materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
Ambient-and high-temperature precipitation strengthening are investigated in Al–0.06 Sc, Al–
0.06 Zr and Al–0.06 Sc–0.06 Zr (at.%) alloys. Following solidification, Sc is concentrated at …