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Fabrication and performance of 3D co-continuous magnesium composites reinforced with Ti2AlNx MAX phase

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Magnesium composites reinforced by N-deficient Ti2AlN MAX phase were first fabricated by non-pressure infiltration of Mg into three-dimensional (3D) co-continuous porous Ti2AlNx (x = 0.9, 1.0) preforms. The relationship between their mechanical properties and microstructure is discussed with the assessment of 2D and 3D characterization. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy detected no impurities. The 3D reconstruction shows that the uniformly distributed pores in Ti2AlNx preforms are interconnected, which act as infiltration tunnels for the melt Mg. The compressive yield strength and microhardness of Ti2AlN0.9/Mg are 353 MPa and 1.12 GPa, respectively, which are 8.55% and 6.67% lower than those of Ti2AlN/Mg, respectively. The typical delamination and kink band occurred in Ti2AlNx under compressive and Vickers hardness (VH) tests. Owing to the continuous skeleton structure and strong interfacial bonding strength, the crack initiated in Ti2AlNx was blocked by the plastic Mg matrix. This suggests the possibility of regulating the mechanical performance of Ti2AlN/Mg composites by controlling the N vacancy and the hierarchical structure of Ti2AlN skeleton.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52175284), the State Key Lab of Advanced Metals and Materials (No. 2021-ZD08), and the Beijing Government Funds for the Constructive Project of Central Universities (No. 353139535).

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  3. China Academy of Machinery Science and Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing, 100044, China

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Chen, W., Yu, W., Zhang, P. et al. Fabrication and performance of 3D co-continuous magnesium composites reinforced with Ti2AlNx MAX phase. Int J Miner Metall Mater 29, 1406–1412 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-022-2427-2

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