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Microstructural evolution of MgAl2O4 oxide-dispersion-strengthened alloy by mechanical milling and hot isostatic pressing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2014

Lei Dai ,
Yongchang Liu ,
Ping Feng  and
Jun Zhao
Lei Dai*
Affiliation:
College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, People’s Republic of China
Yongchang Liu*
Affiliation:
School of Material Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Jointing Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China
Ping Feng
Affiliation:
College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, People’s Republic of China
Jun Zhao
Affiliation:
College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, People’s Republic of China
*
a) Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: dai1984hg@163.com
b) e-mail: licmtju@163.com
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Abstract

Oxide-dispersion-strengthened (ODS) ferritic alloys are fascinating materials for future high temperature energy production technologies. MgAl2O4 ODS alloy incorporating nanoscale oxide particles were produced by mechanical milling (MM) followed by hot isostatic pressing (HIP). The MgAl2O4 nanoscale oxide particles were formed during the HIP process by the addition of MgO and Al2O3 to the Fe–Cr matrix. Microstructural evolution of ODS alloys was structurally characterized at each step of the elaboration processes by means of scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and x-ray diffraction (XRD). The observations of structure of the mixed powders in ODS alloys after MM indicated that the initial powders, coupled with the original MgO and Al2O3 powders, got fractured by severe plastic deformation and ultrafine bcc grains (∼17 nm) of the matrix and amorphous phase composed of Mg, Al, and O were formed during MM. The main driving force for the formation of amorphous phase comes from the increase of volume fraction of bcc Fe grain boundary and the increase of interfacial energy due to the decrease in the size of MgO and Al2O3 powders. The MgAl2O4 nanoscale oxide particles formed at 1173 K which was far below the traditional sintering temperature of the raw material. And the structures of MgAl2O4 nanoscale oxide particles were observed by TEM.

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ferritic alloyoxide-dispersion-strengthenedmechanical millinghot isostatic pressingnanoscale oxide particlesmicrostructureamorphous
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 29 , Issue 13 , 14 July 2014 , pp. 1440 - 1447
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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