[HTML][HTML] Making sustainable aluminum by recycling scrap: The science of “dirty” alloys

D Raabe, D Ponge, PJ Uggowitzer, M Roscher… - Progress in materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are several facets of aluminum when it comes to sustainability. While it helps to save
fuel due to its low density, producing it from ores is very energy-intensive. Recycling it shifts …

Atom probe tomography

B Gault, A Chiaramonti, O Cojocaru-Mirédin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Atom probe tomography (APT) provides three-dimensional compositional mapping with sub-
nanometre resolution. The sensitivity of APT is in the range of parts per million for all …

Challenges in the use of zinc and its alloys as biodegradable metals: Perspective from biomechanical compatibility

G Li, H Yang, Y Zheng, XH Chen, JA Yang, D Zhu… - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
To date, more than fifty articles have been published on the feasibility studies of zinc and its
alloys as biodegradable metals. These preliminary in vitro and in vivo studies showed …

Solute-vacancy clustering in aluminum

J Peng, S Bahl, A Shyam, JA Haynes, D Shin - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
We present an extensive first-principles database of solute-vacancy, homoatomic,
heteroatomic solute-solute, and solute-solute-vacancy binding energies of relevant alloying …

Mechanisms underlying enhanced strength-ductility combinations in TRIP/TWIP Ti-12Mo alloy engineered via isothermal omega precipitation

B Qian, SA Mantri, S Dasari, J Zhang, L Lilensten… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract β Ti-alloys can achieve a high strain-hardening rate and tensile ductility by taking
advantage of transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) and twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) …

Metrology of small particles and solute clusters by atom probe tomography

F De Geuser, B Gault - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Atom probe tomography (APT) is routinely used for analyzing property-enhancing particles
in the nanometer-size range and below, and plays a prominent role in the analysis of solute …

Solute cluster evolution during deformation and high strain hardening capability in naturally aged Al–Zn–Mg alloy

P Zhang, K Shi, J Bian, J Zhang, Y Peng, G Liu… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
The natural aging (NA) response of a commercial Al–Zn–Mg alloy has been tracked to
investigate the effects of solute clusters on its mechanical properties. It has been observed …

Applications of atom-probe tomography to the characterisation of solute behaviours

EA Marquis, JM Hyde - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2010 - Elsevier
In many materials, mechanistic understanding of material microstructure/property
relationships requires knowledge of alloy structures at the atomic scale. This remains one of …

Study of precipitation in Al–Mg–Si alloys by Atom Probe Tomography I. Microstructural changes as a function of ageing temperature

MW Zandbergen, Q Xu, A Cerezo, GDW Smith - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Atom Probe Tomography (APT) analysis and hardness measurements were used to
characterise the early stages of precipitation in an Al–0.51 at.% Mg–0.94 at.% Si alloy. The …

Composition of β ″precipitates in Al–Mg–Si alloys by atom probe tomography and first principles calculations

HS Hasting, AG Frøseth, SJ Andersen… - Journal of Applied …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The composition of β ″precipitates in an Al–Mg–Si alloy has been investigated by atom
probe tomography, ab initio density functional calculations, and quantitative electron …