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Formation and Stability of Quasicrystalline and Hexagonal Approximant Phases in an Al–Mn–Be Alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

G. S. Song ,
E. Fleury ,
S. H. Kim ,
W. T. Kim  and
D. H. Kim
G. S. Song
Affiliation:
Center for Noncrystalline Materials, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, South Korea
E. Fleury
Affiliation:
Center for Noncrystalline Materials, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, South Korea
S. H. Kim
Affiliation:
Center for Noncrystalline Materials, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, South Korea
W. T. Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Chongju University, Chongju 360-746, South Korea
D. H. Kim
Affiliation:
Center for Noncrystalline Materials, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, South Korea
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Abstract

Phase formation and thermal stability for an Al–Mn–Be alloy have been investigated by melt-spinning and conventional casting. Significant differences in the phase formation and the thermal stability of the microstructure were found as a result of the different cooling rates. In the melt-spun ribbons, a large volume fraction of a metastable icosahedral phase was found to coexist with an Al solid solution. In the bulk cast ingots, the primary phase formed in the two-phase microstructure was a hexagonal approximant phase of quasicrystals. This phase that solidified in the form of faceted particles embedded in the Al solid matrix proved to be thermodynamically stable during annealing at 540 °C for 100 h. The effect of Be addition on the formation of the stable approximant phase is discussed in terms of the Hume–Rothery mechanism.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 17 , Issue 7 , July 2002 , pp. 1671 - 1677
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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