Nanostructural hierarchy increases the strength of aluminium alloys

作者: Peter V. Liddicoat , Xiao-Zhou Liao , Yonghao Zhao , Yuntian Zhu , Maxim Y. Murashkin

DOI: 10.1038/NCOMMS1062

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摘要: Increasing the strength of metallic alloys while maintaining formability is an interesting challenge for enabling new generations lightweight structures and technologies. In this paper, we engineer aluminium to contain a hierarchy nanostructures possess mechanical properties that expand known performance boundaries-an aerospace-grade 7075 alloy exhibits yield uniform elongation approaching 1 GPa 5%, respectively. The nanostructural architecture was observed using novel high-resolution microscopy techniques comprises solid solution, free precipitation, featuring (i) high density dislocations, (ii) subnanometre intragranular solute clusters, (iii) two geometries nanometre-scale intergranular (iv) grain sizes tens nanometres in diameter. Our results demonstrate offers design pathway towards generation super-strong materials with regimes property-performance space.

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