Effect of Heat Treatment on Phase Composition and Microstructure of Al-Cu-Fe Alloys with Quasicrystalline Phases

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The microstructure and phase composition of alloys Al-Cu-Fe in as-cast state and after heat treatment at different temperatures were investigated. The presence of a quasicrystalline phase Al65Cu20Fe15 which coexists with crystalline phases in as-cast condition is found. The formation of single quasicrystalline phase composition in Al - 40 wt.% Cu - 17 wt.% Fe alloy after annealing at 800 °C for 100 hours is established. After heat treatment, i.e. closer to equilibrium conditions, the quasicrystalline phase Al65Cu20Fe15 is transformed into quasicrystalline phase Al13Cu4Fe3 with more complicated lattice.

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Materials Science Forum (Volumes 794-796)

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833-838

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June 2014

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