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Effect of In Situ Reaction Temperature on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 3 wt.% ZrB2/A356

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In-situ particle reinforced aluminum matrix composites are the research focus on the field of aluminum matrix composites. In this paper, 3 wt.% ZrB2/A356 was prepared by in-situ reaction of A356-K2ZrF6-KBF4 system with mechanical agitation at different reaction temperatures of 850, 870 and 890 °C, respectively. XRD and EDS analysis show that 3 wt.% ZrB2/A356 particle reinforced aluminum matrix composite was successfully synthesized. According to this reaction principle, the feasibility of the reaction system was calculated by thermodynamics. By PC, SEM and TEM, the microstructure and distribution of the matrix and reinforcement were observed. Analysis of the experimental data shows that with the increase in reaction temperature, the grain refinement effect is better. When the reaction temperature is 890 °C, the grain size of aluminum matrix is the smallest, about 90 μm. With the increase in reaction temperature, the number of Al3Zr decreased and the number of ZrB2 particles increased gradually. When the reaction temperature was 890 °C, Al3Zr disappeared completely and ZrB2 particles were most evenly distributed. According to the growth and distribution of ZrB2 enhanced particles, the corresponding model is proposed to the first time, and the mechanism is analyzed through the intuitive model diagram. The mechanical properties of 3 wt.% ZrB2/A356 were studied.

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This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 51605206. Jiangsu Province key Laboratory of High-end structural Materials, No. hsm180.

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    Hui Li, Shengbo Lu, Chuying Li & Yuanpeng Qiao

  2. School of Materials and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, People’s Republic of China

    Lei Jiao, Xinpeng Huang, Fan Li & Yanli Li

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Li, H., Jiao, L., Huang, X. et al. Effect of In Situ Reaction Temperature on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 3 wt.% ZrB2/A356. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 30, 7295–7305 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-021-05943-6

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