A study of the early stage decomposition behaviour of $Al-Li$ alloys at room temperature

Chattopadhyay, K and Sreekumar, K and Sarma, AK and Raviprasad, K (1990) A study of the early stage decomposition behaviour of $Al-Li$ alloys at room temperature. In: Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, 24 (8). pp. 1495-1500.

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Abstract

Our understanding of the early stage decomposition behaviour of $Al-Li$ alloys with a lithium content around 3% or less is a subject of controversy. The primary concern is the origin of the metastable $\delta$ precipitate having an $L1_2$ ordered structure and the state of solid solution prior to its formation. Two theoretical predictions based on model calculations of free energies and phase diagram exist. One model, due to Sigli and Sanchez(1), predicts the existence of a low temperature miscibility gap for the disordered solid solution. The second model, due to Khachaturyan et al.(2), predicts a homogeneous ordering of the alloy of starting composition. In this model the ordered solid solution, having an order parameter less than the perfect value, separates into lithium rich and lithium lean regions with the onset of disorder in the latter region. The results of a limited number of investigations are available(3 - 11) which aim at resolving this issue. The present communication presents some additional experimental results and discusses the issue in the light of these results.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2007
Last Modified:	17 Jan 2012 10:19
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/11317

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