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Effect of samarium (Sm) addition on microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-5Cu alloys

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of samarium addition on the microstructures and mechanical properties of Al-5Cu alloys. The microstructures were examined by optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy diffraction spectroscopy and differential thermal analysis. It was found that Sm was capable significantly of affecting the microstructures of Al-5Cu alloys. When 0.4 wt% Sm was added into the alloy, the aspect ratio and the mean area of Al2Cu phase were 10.9 and 61.0 μm2. They were decreased by 31.5% and 43.3% when compared with unmodified alloy. Meanwhile, a kind of nano size strengthening Al2Sm phase was formed in Al-5Cu alloys. In addition, the differential thermal analysis results showed that Sm addition results in a decrease in the melting temperature of α-Al and Al2Cu. And a good combination of yield strength (244.5 MPa), ultimate tensile strength (269.4 MPa) and elongation (6.9%) was obtained when the Sm addition was 0.4 wt%. Compared with unmodified Al-5Cu alloys, they were increased by 37.6%, 35.2% and 21.1%, respectively.

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  1. Institute of Advanced Forming, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China

    Zhenghua Li  (李正华), Zhi Hu  (胡志) & Hong Yan

  2. Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Copper and Tungsten Materials, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanchang, 330029, China

    Zhenghua Li  (李正华), Zhi Hu  (胡志) & Hong Yan

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.51364035, 51405216), Ministry of Education Tied up with the Special Research Fund for the Doctoral Program for Higher School (No.20133601110001), Training Program Foundation for Young Scientist of Jiangxi (No.20153BCB23023), and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (No.20151BAB216018)

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Li, Z., Hu, Z. & Yan, H. Effect of samarium (Sm) addition on microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-5Cu alloys. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 31, 624–629 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-016-1420-x

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