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Rapidly solidified high-temperature aluminum alloys. I. Structure

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The paper examines the phase composition of a number of high-temperature aluminum alloys formed in rapid solidification. The main strengthening phases and associated phase transitions in Al–Fe–Ce, Al–Fe–Cr–(TM), Al–Cr–Zr(Mn), and Al–Fe–V(Mo)–Si alloys have been studied. The phase composition of the alloys is shown to be critically dependent on the cooling rate. High-temperature materials are particularly sensitive to the solidification rate since they are doped by nonsoluble elements. Fine quasicrystalline phases, which make a significant contribution to strengthening at low and high temperatures, are present in rapidly solidified materials doped with iron. Besides these phases, Al3TM intermetallics characterized by high thermal stability and low coarsening rate play an important role in modern materials.

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Translated from Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya, Vol. 51, No. 7–8 (486), pp. 30–47, 2012.

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Krainikov, A.V., Neikov, O.D. Rapidly solidified high-temperature aluminum alloys. I. Structure. Powder Metall Met Ceram 51, 399–411 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11106-012-9448-8

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