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Microstructural and mechanical study of an Al matrix composite reinforced by Al-Cu-Fe icosahedral particles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Guillaume Laplanche ,
Anne Joulain ,
Joël Bonneville ,
Veronique Gauthier-Brunet ,
Sylvain Dubois  and
Tarik El Kabir
Tarik El Kabir
Affiliation:
Université de Poitiers, Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux, 86962 Chasseneuil, France
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Abstract

In this study, we produced an Al matrix composite material reinforced by Al-Cu-Fe particles of the icosahedral phase. The composite material was prepared using a hot isostatic pressure technique at T = 673 K and P = 180 MPa. The mechanical properties were investigated by compression tests performed at constant strain rate over the temperature range 290–823 K. The results show a vigorous strengthening effect resulting from the reinforcement particles. Strengthening is attributed to two main contributions arising from load transfer between the Al matrix and the reinforcement particles and from plastic deformation of the Al grains. The present results are compared with those obtained in a previous work on an Al-based composite reinforced by Al-Cu-Fe particles of the ω-tetragonal phase.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 25 , Issue 5 , May 2010 , pp. 957 - 965
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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