Abstract
An in situ bulk ultrafine bimodal eutectic Al-Cu-Si composite was synthesized by solidification. This heterostructured composite with microstructural length scale hierarchy in the eutectic microstructure, which combines an ultrafine-scale binary cellular eutectic (α-Al + Al 2Cu) and a nanometer-sized anomalous ternary eutectic (α-Al + Al2Cu + Si), exhibits high fracture strength (1.1 ±0.1 GPa) and large compressive plastic strain (11 ± 2%) at room temperature. The improved compressive plasticity of the bimodal-nanoeutectic composite originates from homogeneous and uniform distribution of inhomogeneous plastic deformation (localized shear bands), together with strong interaction between shear bands in the spatially heterogeneous structure.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2605-2609 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Materials Research |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 Aug |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank Dr. J. Jayaraj (IFW-Dresden) for valuable discussions. This work was supported by the Global Research Laboratory Program of the Korea Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology. Additional funding was supported under the AFOSR Task: Basic Research for AOARD 084013 (Dr. Kumar V. Jata, Program Manager).
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering