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    Microstructure, strengthening mechanisms and hot deformation behavior of an oxide-dispersion strengthened UFG Al6063 alloy [electronic resource]

    , Article Journal of Materials Characterization ; January 2013, Volume 75, Pages 108–114 Asgharzadeh, H ; Kim, H. S ; Simchi, A. (Abdolreza) ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    An ultrafine-grained Al6063/Al2O3 (0.8 vol.%, 25 nm) nanocomposite was prepared via powder metallurgy route through reactive mechanical alloying and hot powder extrusion. Scanning electron microcopy, transmission electron microscopy, and back scattered electron diffraction analysis showed that the grain structure of the nanocomposite is trimodal and composed of nano-size grains (< 0.1 μm), ultrafine grains (0.1–1 μm), and micron-size grains (> 1 μm) with random orientations. Evaluation of the mechanical properties of the nanocomposite based on the strengthening-mechanism models revealed that the yield strength of the ultrafine-grained nanocomposite is mainly controlled by the high-angle... 

    Microstructure features, strengthening mechanisms and hot deformation behavior of oxide-dispersion Strengthened Al6063 alloy with ultrafine-grained structure [electronic resource]

    , Article AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics, Ste. 1 NO. 1 Melville NY 11747-4502 United States) ; Volume 75, January 2013, Pages 108–114 Asgharzadeh, H ; Kim, H. S ; Simchi, A. (Abdolreza) ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    Ultrafine-grained (UFG) Al6063/Al2O3 (0.8 vol%, 25 nm) nanocomposite was prepared via powdr metallurgy route. The grain structure of the nanocomposite composed of nano-size grains (< 0.1 μm), ultrafine grains (0.1-1 μm) and micron-size grains (>1 μm) with random orientations. It was found that the yield strength of the UFG nanocomposite is mainly controlled by the Orowan mechanism rather than the grain boundaries. The deformation activation energy at temperature ranges of T <300 ˚C and 300 ˚C ≤T < 450 ˚C was determined to be 74 and 264 kJ mol-1, respectively. At the higher temperatures, significant deformation softening was observed due to dynamic recrystallization of non-equilibrium grain... 

    Microstructure, strengthening mechanisms and hot deformation behavior of an oxide-dispersion strengthened UFG Al6063 alloy

    , Article Materials Characterization ; Volume 75 , 2013 , Pages 108-114 ; 10445803 (ISSN) Asgharzadeh, H ; Kim, H. S ; Simchi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    An ultrafine-grained Al6063/Al2 O3 (0.8vol.%, 25nm) nanocomposite was prepared via powder metallurgy route through reactive mechanical alloying and hot powder extrusion. Scanning electron microcopy, transmission electron microscopy, and back scattered electron diffraction analysis showed that the grain structure of the nanocomposite is trimodal and composed of nano-size grains (<0.1μm), ultrafine grains (0.1-1μm), and micron-size grains (>1μm) with random orientations. Evaluation of the mechanical properties of the nanocomposite based on the strengthening-mechanism models revealed that the yield strength of the ultrafine-grained nanocomposite is mainly controlled by the high-angle grain... 

    A Study on the Thermal Stability and Microstructure of Nanocrystalline Al-Ti(Ni) Alloys Synthesized by Mechanical Alloying

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Motaharinejad, Ruhollah (Author) ; Maddah Hosseini, Hamid Reza (Supervisor) ; Seyyed Reihani, Morteza (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In the present investigation, the mechanical alloying (MA) technique was employed to produce nanocrystalline Al-Ti Powder mixtures. Elemental Al and Ti powders were mixed with different compositions (0, 5, 10, and 20 wt.% Ti) and then, milled in a vibratory mill up to 7 hr. The variations of powder morphology and particle size, apparent and tap densities, microstructure, grain size, lattice strain, and microhardness were studied with increasing the milling time. While dissolution of Ti in the Al matrix resulted to the formation of supersaturated Al-Ti solid solution in the samples containing 5 and 10 wt.% Ti, the specimen with 20 wt.% Ti, eventually, led to nanocomposite powder with... 

    An Investigation on in-situ Synthesis and Wear Behavior of Al-Al3Ti Nanocomposite Produced via Mechanical Alloying/Hot-Press Technique

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Hejazi Dehaghani, Mohammad Mehdi (Author) ; Maddah Hosseini, Hamid Reza (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In the present investigation, the mechanical alloying (MA) technique was employed to produce nanocrystalline Al-Ti alloys. Elemental Al and Ti powders were mixed with different compositions (0, 5, 10, and 20 wt.% Ti) and then, milled in a planetary ball-mill up to 40 h. The variations of powder morphology and particle size, apparent and tap densities, microstructure, grain size, lattice strain, and microhardness were studied with increasing the milling time. While dissolution of Ti in the Al matrix resulted to the formation of supersaturated Al-Ti solid solution in the samples containing 5 and 10 wt.% Ti, the specimen with 20 wt.% Ti, eventually, led to nanocomposite powder with different... 

    Fabrication of Al /Al3Ti in-situ Composite by Mechanical Alloying and Two-Step Hot Press

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Pelaseyed, Sogol (Author) ; Maddah Hosseini, Hamid Reza (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Al /Al3Ti in-situ composite have been fabricated by mechanical alloying and two-step hot pressing of powders containing Al and 20%wt Ti. Samples were characterized by using optical microscopy, density measurement, brinel hardness, XRD analysis. An increasing density was observed with increasing pressure until certain pressure and after that the density of composite decreased, which can be attributed to the increase in the level of porosity level and the amount of forming Al3Ti. The samples that hot pressed under cycle 5 and 6, showed the most volume fraction of in-situ phases on the matrix. The wear behavior of Al based composites reinforced with in situ Al3Ti particles has been investigated... 

    Fabrication & Characterization of Al-Al3Ti-Al2O3 Nano-composites Based on the Thermal Degradation of Aluminium Titanate & Facile Study on the Correlation between Microstructure & Their Mechanical Properties

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Ahmadvand, Mohammad Saeed (Author) ; Maddah Hosseini, Hamid Reza (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In this study insitu Al-Al3Ti-Al2O3 nanocomposite has been fabricated based on thermal decomposition of tialite (Al2TiO5) precursor in aluminium matrix through powder metallurgy method. Also the effect of high energy mechanical milling and hot extrusion on this procedure has been investigated. In the first step nano-structured tialite were synthesized through citrate sol gel methods. Then, different volume fraction of tialte was mixed with aluminium by high energy vibratory milling. The results of X-ray differaction analysis, scanning electron microscopy and differential thermal analysis showed that mechanical milling can degrade stability of tialite and cause strain-induced decomposition,... 

    Microstructure Optimization of In-situ Al-Al3Ti Nanocomposite Fabricated by Mechanical Alloying & Hot Extrusion for Improving the Fracture Toughness

    , Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology Basiri Tochaee, Ensie (Author) ; Madaah Hosseini, Hamid Reza (Supervisor) ; Seyyed Reihani, Morteza (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    The aim of this research was to fabricate an in-situ Al-Al3Ti nanocomposite from pure microsized aluminum and titanium powders by mechanical alloying and hot extrusion without any usage of nanometric particles or applying secondary heat treatments. The focus of the present research was fabricating a nanocomposite material with high strength, modulus and hardness accompanied with high fracture toughness that could be comparable with aluminum alloys in terms of fracture toughness. Mechanical alloying and hot extrusion techniques were employed to produce in-situ fully dense Al-Ti composites. Platenary and high energy vibratiory mill was used to produce composites with different percent of... 

    Study of Microstructure, Strengthening Mechanisms and Hot Deformation Behavior of Ultrafine-grained Al6063- Al203 Nanocomposites

    , Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology Asgharzadeh, Hamed (Author) ; Simchi, Abdolreza (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In this study, Al6063-Al203 nanocomposite powders were synthesized by reaction mechanical milling method. Nanometric reinforcement particles were formed via high- energy ball milling under a controlled oxygen containing atmosphere. Morphological and microstructural evolutions of nanocomposite powders were investigated by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal analysis (DTA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) methods at different milling times. The results showed that mechanical milling stages were accelerated and the time for reaching steady- state condition was decreased by an increase in the oxygen content in the milling atmosphere. The in-situ... 

    Fabrication of Al Based Nanocomposite with Al2O3 and Al3Ti Reinforcements by Mechanical Milling and Press and Sintering (In situ method) and Investigation of Its Wear Behavior

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Shabani Nezhad, Parisa (Author) ; Seyed Reihani, M (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In this study, Aluminium based nanocomposite with Al3Ti and Al2O3 nanoparticles have been elaborated by mechanical alloying. For this purpose, Al and TiO2 powders have been blended with weight ratios of 10, 20 and 30 percents and were milled using a planetary mill. Morphological variations in different timing periods of mechanical milling process was investigated by Scaning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and The optimal times for alloying were determined for each combination. The pure Aluminium and the powder with 10, 20 and 30%wt reinforcement had coax morphology after respectively for 44, 30, 24 and 14 hours. after studing phase transformations by XRD analysis, the final powders were cold... 

    Study of Mechanical Properties of High Tempreture Al Nano-composites with Al2O3-Al3Ti based on theThermal Degradation of Aluminium Titanate

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Lotfi, Nasrin (Author) ; Madaah Hosseini, Hamid Reza (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In this study, in situ Al-Al3Ti-Al2O3 nanocomposite has been fabricated on thermal decomposition of tialite (Al2TiO5 or AT) precursor in the aluminum matrix through powder metallurgy method. The high-temperature mechanical property of Al-Al3Ti-Al2O3 on this procedure has been investigated. In the first step nano-structured tialite were synthesized through citrate sol-gel methods. Then 3.5 wt.% tialite powder was mixed with aluminum by high energy vibratory milling for 3 hours. In the next step, green compacts of mechanically milled powder mixtures were sintered at 530°С for 6 hours under argon atmosphere. In the final step, hot extrusion as a consolidation method reduces the sample voids,... 

    Reactive milling synthesis of nanocrystalline Al-Cu/Al2O3 nanocomposite

    , Article Materials Science and Engineering A ; Volume 464, Issue 1-2 , 2007 , Pages 225-232 ; 09215093 (ISSN) Arami, H ; Simchi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    2007
    Abstract
    Nanocrystalline Al-4 wt% Cu alloy reinforced with nanometric Al2O3 particles was synthesized by in situ reactive milling of Al and CuO powder mixture. X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques were employed to study the mechanically induced solid state reaction between the blended powders. The mechanical milling stages were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), bulk density measurement and laser particle size analyzer. It was shown that the reaction between Al and CuO occurs progressively as the mechanical milling continues, leading to formation of nanoscaled alumina particles. The grain refinement of the... 

    The role of microstructural features on the electrical resistivity and mechanical properties of powder metallurgy Al-SiC-Al2O3 nanocomposites

    , Article Materials and Design ; Volume 130 , 2017 , Pages 26-36 ; 02641275 (ISSN) Khodabakhshi, F ; Simchi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    There are many engineering applications in which composite materials are required to satisfy two or more criteria regarding physical and mechanical properties. In this article, Al-matrix nanocomposites reinforced with different volume fractions of SiC nanoparticles (~ 50 nm; up to 6%) were processed by powder metallurgy (P/M) routes through mechanical milling and hot consolidation techniques. Microstructural studies showed that nano-metric Al2O3 particles with a size of ~ 20 nm and volume fraction of ~ 2% were formed and distributed in the metal matrix, owing to the surface oxides breaking. Microstructural analysis also revealed that the size of cellular structure and the density of... 

    Thermomechanical synthesis of hybrid in-situ Al-(Al3Ti+Al2O3) composites through nanoscale Al-Al2TiO5 reactive system

    , Article Journal of Alloys and Compounds ; Volume 789 , 2019 , Pages 493-505 ; 09258388 (ISSN) Ahmadvand, M. S ; Azarniya, A ; Madaah Hosseini, H. R ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd  2019
    Abstract
    In this work, nanostructured aluminum titanate (Al2TiO5 or AT) was synthesized by the citrate sol gel method. Then, different volume fractions of this ceramic were blended with Al powder through different durations of the high-energy vibratory milling. The effect of mechanical milling on the thermal degradation of AT in exposure to Al and formation mechanism of in-situ Al2O3 and Al3Ti particles were explored in three conditions: (i) in the powder form; (ii) after annealing of green compact; and (iii) after hot extrusion. In the powder form, it was shown that the mechanical milling is able to significantly diminish the thermal stability of AT, so that the required temperature for the Al3Ti... 

    Comprehensive structural and mechanical characterization of in-situ Al–Al3Ti nanocomposite modified by heat treatment

    , Article Materials Science and Engineering A ; Volume 785 , 2020 Tamizi Junqani, M ; Madaah Hosseini, H. R ; Azarniya, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd  2020
    Abstract
    Aluminum-Al3Ti reinforced MMCs were produced with a large amount (up to ~30 vol%) of Al3Ti phase via mechanical alloying, hot extrusion and heat treatment (as a supplementary process) of the Al–Ti elemental powder mixture, respectively. Samples in each stage were studied precise and comprehensive by field emission electron microscope, energy dispersive spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, densitometry, macro and micssro hardness, nanoindentation and tensile tests. The results indicated that after 4-h vibratory milling, the aluminum crystallite size reached 63 nm and Al3Ti phase formed in powder mixture. After hot extrusion, the volume percentage of Al3Ti...