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Interracial structure of sub-micron Al2O3 particles in aluminum matrix

  • Gaohui Wu
  • , Longtao Jiang
  • , Jianfeng Chen
  • , Norio Kouno
  • , Hideo Saito
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The surfaces of ellipsoidal Al2O3 particles with average size of 0.15 μm and the interfaces between the Al2O3 particles and 1070Al were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high resolution electron microscopy (HREM).The results show that the surfaces of Al2O3 particles appear to be polyhedrons consisting of crystal planes with small angle, while every plane of the polyhedrons could be considered as a stepped structure composed of close-packed planes along the close-packed direction. The interfaces of the 0.15 μm Al2O3p/1070Al composite bond well, without any interfacial reaction products. It is proposed that there are several kinds of crystallographic orientation relationships between the aluminum matrix and Al2O3 particles due to the polyhedral structure. In our study, such orientation relationships are found to be {110}Al∥{1̄100}Al2O3 and 〈110〉Al∥〈112̄6〉Al2O3.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)445-452
Number of pages8
JournalComposite Interfaces
Volume9
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • AlO/Al
  • Interfaces
  • Metal matrix composites (MMCs)
  • Sub-micron AlO particles

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