[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 …

Precipitation kinetics in metallic alloys: Experiments and modeling

A Deschamps, CR Hutchinson - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoscale precipitation is one of the most widely used microstructural tools to manipulate
the properties of metallic alloys, and especially to reach high strength. Optimal …

An atomic scale structural investigation of nanometre-sized η precipitates in the 7050 aluminium alloy

TF Chung, YL Yang, M Shiojiri, CN Hsiao, WC Li… - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Using high-angle-annular-dark-field (HAADF) scanning-transmission-electron microscopy
(STEM), we have investigated η-precipitates in the Al-Zn-Mg-Cu (AA7050) aluminium alloy …

[HTML][HTML] Design of solute clustering during thermomechanical processing of AA6016 Al–Mg–Si alloy

S Zhu, HC Shih, X Cui, CY Yu, SP Ringer - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Solute clustering is a technologically important microstructural process in Al alloys. Exerting
control over this process to enhance the alloy properties and reduce the energy costs of …

[HTML][HTML] Role of constituent intermetallic phases and precipitates in initiation and propagation of intergranular corrosion of an Al-Li-Cu-Mg alloy

X Xu, M Hao, J Chen, W He, G Li, K Li, C Jiao… - Corrosion …, 2022 - Elsevier
The corrosion behaviour of a recently developed Al-Li-Cu-Mg alloy thick plate was
investigated using correlative immersion testing in 3.5% NaCl solution with analytical …

Effect of laser shock peening on mechanical and microstructural aspects of 6061-T6 aluminum alloy

B Dhakal, S Swaroop - Journal of materials processing technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Laser shock peening (LSP) of 6061-T6 aluminum alloy was performed and parametric
effects post LSP on mechanical aspects and microstructural evolution are meticulously …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of low Cu additions on precipitate crystal structures in overaged Al-Mg-Si (-Cu) alloys

JK Sunde, CD Marioara, R Holmestad - Materials Characterization, 2020 - Elsevier
This study concerns the effect of low Cu additions (≲ 0.1 at.%) on the precipitate crystal
structure evolution in three Al-Mg-Si (-Cu) alloys during overageing. The evolution was …

Effects of Al (MnFe) Si dispersoids with different sizes and number densities on microstructure and ambient/elevated-temperature mechanical properties of extruded Al …

J Rakhmonov, K Liu, P Rometsch, N Parson… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The effects of Al (MnFe) Si dispersoids, with different sizes and number densities,
on the evolution of microstructure and ambient/elevated-temperature mechanical properties …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the spatial evolution of excess vacancies and its influence on age hardening behaviors in multicomponent aluminium alloys

X Wang, D Zhao, Y Xu, Y Li - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Excess vacancies play crucial roles in the precipitation of age-hardening precipitates in
aluminium alloys, but their spatial evolution across grains during heat treatments is less …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of precipitates in an Al–Zn–Mg alloy

E Thronsen, S Shah, C Hatzoglou, CD Marioara… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The precipitation sequence in Al–Zn–Mg alloys has been subject to many revisions over the
years as more structural details of the early-stage Guinier-Preston (GP) zones and …