Erbium and ytterbium solubilities and diffusivities in aluminum as determined by nanoscale characterization of precipitates
✍ Scribed by Marsha E. van Dalen; Richard A. Karnesky; Joseph R. Cabotaje; David C. Dunand; David N. Seidman
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 365 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1359-6454
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✦ Synopsis
Binary aluminum alloys with 0.03-0.06 at.% RE (RE = Yb or Er) were aged to produce coherent, nanosize Al 3 RE precipitates in an a-Al matrix. The temporal evolution of precipitate radii and matrix concentrations at 300 °C were measured by transmission electron microscopy and local-electrode atom-probe tomography, respectively. The temporal dependence of the matrix concentration of each RE was utilized to determine its solubility in Al. The solubility and the coarsening rate constants were used to determine the diffusivity of each RE in a-Al and the a-Al/Al 3 RE interfacial free energies at 300 °C. When compared to Sc, both Yb and Er exhibited smaller solubilities but larger diffusivities in a-Al and larger a-Al/Al 3 RE interfacial energies.