Papers by Author: J.H. Young

Abstract: Mg-based composites are fabricated through mechanical alloying (MA) the Mg65Cu20Y10Ag5 amorphous alloy spun and mixed with 1-5 vol.% spherical nano-sized ZrO2 particles in the planetary mill, after then formed by hot pressing in Ar atmosphere under different pressures at the temperature 5 K above the glass transition temperature (Tg). The microstructure characterizations of the resulting specimens are conducted by means of XRD, FEG-SEM, and TEM techniques. It is found that the nano-sized ZrO2 dispersed Mg-based composite alloy powders can reach to a homogeneous size distribution (about 80 nm) after 50-hour mechanical alloying. After hot pressing of these composite alloy powders under the pressure of 1100 MPa at 409K, a 96% dense bulk specimen can be formed. Throughout the MA and hot pressing, the amorphous nature of the Mg65Cu25Y10Ag5 matrix is maintained. The hardness of the formed bulk Mg-based composites (with 3 vol.% nano-sized ZrO2 particles) can reach to 370 in Hv scale. In addition, the toughness of the formed bulk Mg-based composites presents an increasing trend with the content of nano-sized ZrO2 particles and can reach to 8.9 MPa m .

Abstract: A series of Mg-based alloys with composition of Mg65Y10Cu25-XAgX, x = 0, 5, 10, were selected for investigating the microstructure evolution of the Mg-based nano/amorphous-composite alloy powder synthesized by the combination method of melt-spinning and mechanical alloying (MA). The microstructure characterization of the alloy powders was conducted by means of DSC, XRD, FEG-SEM, and TEM techniques. The result of XRD reveals that the entire as-quenched alloy ribbons exhibit a broaden diffraction pattern of amorphous phase. After 50 hours milling the mixture of amorphous alloy ribbons with 5 vol.% of nano-sized ZrO2 by planetary mill, the ZrO2 dispersed magnesium composite alloy powder can reach to a homogeneous size distribution. In parallel, the MA composite Mg-based alloy powders still remain an amorphous state by the characterization of X-ray diffraction and the DSC analysis. A clear Tg (glass transition temperature) and most wide supercooled region (about 44 K) were revealed for both the Mg65Y10Cu20Ag5 alloy ribbon and the MA magnesium composite powder. In addition, the result of TEM observation also revealed that the ZrO2 with average particle size of 80 nm distributed homogeneously in the amorphous matrix of the Mg65Y10Cu20Ag5 /5 vol.% ZrO2 composite alloy powder. The interface between the ZrO2 dispersoid and the amorphous matrix of the composite alloy powder exhibits a very good bonding condition.