Improving the plasticity of a high strength Fe-Si-Ti ultrafine composite by introduction of an immiscible element

J. M. Park, D. H. Kim, K. B. Kim, J. Eckert

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Abstract

A heterostructured Fe71 Si15 Ti10 Cu 4 ultrafine composite has been developed. The addition of Cu with large positive enthalpy of mixing with the main constituent element (Fe) leads to evolution of a unique microstructure with different length-scale heterogeneities, i.e., formation of spherical colonies containing length-scale heterogeneity of lamellar spacing and precipitation of nanoscale multitwinned Cu within α-Fe layers. These macroscopic and microscopic structural heterogeneities are able to simultaneously achieve high strength and plasticity, together with pronounced work hardening by avoiding the deformation instability.

Original languageEnglish
Article number251915
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume97
Issue number25
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010 Dec 20

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Global Research Laboratory Program of the Korea Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology and by the Center of Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) of the 21st Century Frontier R&D Program funded by the Korea Ministry of Knowledge Economy.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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