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Author: Eckert, Jürgen × End date: 2021 × Start date: 2020 ×

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    Wear Behavior of a Heat-Treatable Al-3.5Cu-1.5Mg-1Si Alloy Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting
    (Basel : MDPI, 2021) Wang, Pei; Lei, Yang; Qi, Jun-Fang; Yu, Si-Jie; Setchi, Rossitza; Wu, Ming-Wei; Eckert, Jürgen; Li, Hai-Chao; Scudino, Sergio
    In this study, the wear behavior of a heat-treatable Al-7Si-0.5Mg-0.5Cu alloy fabricated by selective laser melting was investigated systematically. Compared with the commercial homogenized AA2024 alloy, the fine secondary phase of the SLM Al-Cu-Mg-Si alloy leads to a low specific wear rate (1.8 ± 0.11 × 10-4 mm3(Nm)-1) and a low average coefficient of friction (0.40 ± 0.01). After the T6 heat treatment, the SLM Al-Cu-Mg-Si alloy exhibits a lower specific wear rate (1.48 ± 0.02 × 10-4 mm3(Nm)-1), but a similar average coefficient of friction (0.34 ± 0.01) as the heat-treated AA2024 alloy. Altogether, the SLM Al-3.5Cu-1.5Mg-1Si alloy is suitable for the achievement of not only superior mechanical performance, but also improved tribological properties.
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    Direct observation of nanocrystal-induced enhancement of tensile ductility in a metallic glass composite
    (Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science, 2021) Gammer, Christoph; Rentenberger, Christian; Beitelschmidt, Denise; Minor, Andrew M.; Eckert, Jürgen
    Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) have attracted wide interest, but their successful application is hindered by their low ductility at room temperature. Therefore, the use of composites of a BMG matrix with crystalline secondary phases has been proposed to overcome this drawback. In the present work we demonstrate the fabrication of a tailored BMG nanocomposite containing a high density of monodisperse nanocrystals with a size of around 20 nm using a combination of mechanical and thermal treatment of Cu36Zr48Al8Ag8 well below the crystallization temperature. Direct observations of the interaction of the nanocrystals with a shear band during in situ deformation in a transmission electron microscope demonstrate that the achieved nanocomposite has the potential to inhibit catastrophic fracture in tension. This demonstrates that a sufficient number of nanoscale structural heterogeneities can be a route towards BMG composites with superior mechanical properties.