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Influence of cerium content on the microstructure and thermal expansion properties of suction cast Al-Cu-Fe alloys
Low-expansion alloys are of great importance and can be used for the development of new aerospace materials. Herein, we report diverse rare earth quasicrystal alloys fabricated by the vacuum suction casting process. The effects of the addition of cerium (Ce) on the microstructure, thermal expansion...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611332/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34849239 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210584 |
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author | Wang, Juan Yang, Zhong Ma, Zhijun Bai, Yaping Duan, Hongbo Tao, Dong Shi, Guoqing Zhang, Jiachen Wang, Zhen Li, Jianping |
author_facet | Wang, Juan Yang, Zhong Ma, Zhijun Bai, Yaping Duan, Hongbo Tao, Dong Shi, Guoqing Zhang, Jiachen Wang, Zhen Li, Jianping |
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description | Low-expansion alloys are of great importance and can be used for the development of new aerospace materials. Herein, we report diverse rare earth quasicrystal alloys fabricated by the vacuum suction casting process. The effects of the addition of cerium (Ce) on the microstructure, thermal expansion properties and microhardness of the Al-Cu-Fe alloy were systematically investigated. This study discovered the tiny Al-Cu-Fe-Ce microstructure. A uniform distribution could be achieved after Ce addition amount is elevated. At the Ce addition amount of 1 at%, the lowest alloy thermal expansion coefficient was obtained. The alloy exhibited the maximum microhardness under these conditions. The microhardness of alloys containing 1 at% of Ce was approximately 2.4 times higher than the microhardness exhibited by alloys devoid of Ce additives. The coefficient of thermal expansion decreases by approximately 20%. The use of the suction casting process and the addition of an appropriate amount of Ce can potentially help design and develop Al-Cu-Fe-Ce alloys. |
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spelling | pubmed-86113322021-11-29 Influence of cerium content on the microstructure and thermal expansion properties of suction cast Al-Cu-Fe alloys Wang, Juan Yang, Zhong Ma, Zhijun Bai, Yaping Duan, Hongbo Tao, Dong Shi, Guoqing Zhang, Jiachen Wang, Zhen Li, Jianping R Soc Open Sci Chemistry Low-expansion alloys are of great importance and can be used for the development of new aerospace materials. Herein, we report diverse rare earth quasicrystal alloys fabricated by the vacuum suction casting process. The effects of the addition of cerium (Ce) on the microstructure, thermal expansion properties and microhardness of the Al-Cu-Fe alloy were systematically investigated. This study discovered the tiny Al-Cu-Fe-Ce microstructure. A uniform distribution could be achieved after Ce addition amount is elevated. At the Ce addition amount of 1 at%, the lowest alloy thermal expansion coefficient was obtained. The alloy exhibited the maximum microhardness under these conditions. The microhardness of alloys containing 1 at% of Ce was approximately 2.4 times higher than the microhardness exhibited by alloys devoid of Ce additives. The coefficient of thermal expansion decreases by approximately 20%. The use of the suction casting process and the addition of an appropriate amount of Ce can potentially help design and develop Al-Cu-Fe-Ce alloys. The Royal Society 2021-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8611332/ /pubmed/34849239 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210584 Text en © 2021 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Chemistry Wang, Juan Yang, Zhong Ma, Zhijun Bai, Yaping Duan, Hongbo Tao, Dong Shi, Guoqing Zhang, Jiachen Wang, Zhen Li, Jianping Influence of cerium content on the microstructure and thermal expansion properties of suction cast Al-Cu-Fe alloys |
title | Influence of cerium content on the microstructure and thermal expansion properties of suction cast Al-Cu-Fe alloys |
title_full | Influence of cerium content on the microstructure and thermal expansion properties of suction cast Al-Cu-Fe alloys |
title_fullStr | Influence of cerium content on the microstructure and thermal expansion properties of suction cast Al-Cu-Fe alloys |
title_full_unstemmed | Influence of cerium content on the microstructure and thermal expansion properties of suction cast Al-Cu-Fe alloys |
title_short | Influence of cerium content on the microstructure and thermal expansion properties of suction cast Al-Cu-Fe alloys |
title_sort | influence of cerium content on the microstructure and thermal expansion properties of suction cast al-cu-fe alloys |
topic | Chemistry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611332/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34849239 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210584 |
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