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Phase Composition, Structure, and Hardening of Alloys Containing 6% (Ca + Si) in the System Al–Ca–Si–Zr–Sc

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Thermo-Calc calculations and experimental methods (optical and electron scanning microscopy, and electron microprobe analysis) were used to study the phase composition of alloys of the Al–Ca–Si–Sc–Zr system with the same scandium and zirconium contents (0.1 and 0.25 wt %, respectively) and the same total silicon and calcium content (6 wt %). It was shown that the hardening due to the precipitation of nanoparticles of the phase Al3(Zr, Sc)–L12 reaches a maximum after annealing at 300–450°C in alloys within the phase region (Al) + Al4Ca + Al2Si2Ca, where (Al) stands for a solid solution based on aluminum. In alloys within this region, almost all of the zirconium and scandium are contained in (Al), and the silicon content of the alloys is minimum. However, Zr and Sc additions have almost no effect on hardening in alloys within the (Al) + (Si) + Al2Si2Ca phase region. The aluminum–calcium eutectic has an essentially finer structure than that of aluminum–silicon.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 14-19-00632P).

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    N. A. Belov, E. A. Naumova, V. V. Doroshenko & N. O. Korotkova

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Belov, N.A., Naumova, E.A., Doroshenko, V.V. et al. Phase Composition, Structure, and Hardening of Alloys Containing 6% (Ca + Si) in the System Al–Ca–Si–Zr–Sc. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 119, 1184–1190 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X18120037

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