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In-Situ Electron Microscopy Studies of the Effect of Solute Segregation on Grain Boundary Anisotropy and Mobility in an Al-Zr Alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Mitra L. Taheri ,
Eric Stach ,
Velimir Radmilovic ,
Hasso Weiland  and
Anthony D. Rollett
Mitra L. Taheri
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
Eric Stach
Affiliation:
National Center for Electron Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Velimir Radmilovic
Affiliation:
National Center for Electron Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Hasso Weiland
Affiliation:
Alcoa Technical Center, Alcoa Center, PA 15609, USA
Anthony D. Rollett
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
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Abstract

The presence of impurities in aluminum alloys is of great interest with respect to microstructural properties, specifically, the effect of solute on texture and anisotropy. This paper presents new evidence of the pronounced effect of solute drag based on in-situ annealing and Electron Backscatter Diffraction experiments of Zr-rich Al alloys subject to prior strain. A compensation effect was found for grain boundary mobility maxima for specific boundary types. Trends in activation energy as a function of boundary type support the observations of a compensation effect with respect to temperature. Evidence for irregular motion of boundaries from in-situ observations is discussed in reference to new theoretical results that suggest that boundaries migrating in the presence of solutes should move sporadically provided that the length scale at which observations are made is small enough. A study of both boundary motion and solute segregation to specific boundary types using Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy and in-situ TEM is presented.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 839: Symposium P – Electron Microscopy of Molecular and Atom-Scale Mechanical Behavior, Chemistry, and Structure , 2004 , P7.7
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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