Varma, S. K., Salas, D., Corral, E., Esquivel, E., & Regalado, M. (1998). Microstructures in composites of age hardenable aluminum alloy deformed by room temperature rolling and tensile testing. TMS Annual Meeting, 225-230.
Abstract:
Age hardenable 2014 aluminum alloys and composites containing 0.10 and 0.15 volume fractions of alumina particles (VFAP) have been solutionized at 540 and 550 °C for up to 20 hours. The solutionized samples, heat treated for 5 and 20 hours, have been subjected to room temperature rolling until cracking develops. The work hardening curves have been compared to determine the effect of solutionizing time on the rolling characteristics from both hardness and the microstructural evolution points of view. Solutionizing at two different temperatures results in differences in the extent to which the composites can be rolled until fracture. The microstructural characterization by TEM has been performed to understand the room temperature rolling behavior.
Corral, E. L., Dycus, J. H., LeBeau, J., Mulidharan, K., Vankateswara, M., & Pham, D. (2016). Processing Low Oxide Impurity ZrB2 Ceramics with High Strength Using Boron Carbide and Spark Plasma Sintering. The Journal of the American Ceramic Society, In press.
