To clarify the influence of Be addition on the coarsening behavior and the early stage of decomposition process of δ´phase in binary Al-Li alloys, the detailed measurement of micro vickers hardness and specific heat and the observation of transmissi...
To clarify the influence of Be addition on the coarsening behavior and the early stage of decomposition process of δ´phase in binary Al-Li alloys, the detailed measurement of micro vickers hardness and specific heat and the observation of transmission electron micrographs have been carried out.
Al-Li-Be alloys were found to have higher hardening rate than the binary Al-Li alloy when aged at 190℃ and Be addition on binary Al-Li alloys promoted the early stage of decomposition process of metastable phases such as formation of ordered domains (δ´precursory structures). δ´precursory structures in the binary and ternary alloys were stable with aging time at 190℃. The split of endothermic peak R on the S-T their incompletely orderd structure and size effect, respectively.
It was deduced that the coarsening rate constants of δ´phase in Al-Li-Be alloys were higher than that of the binary Al-Li alloy because of the change of interfacial characteristics of δ´phase which resulted from microsegregation of Be at interface between δ´phase and the matrix or Be incorporation into δ´phase.