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Solute segregation governed atomistic configuration of β-Mg2Si/α-Al interface in an Al alloy
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Materials Under Shock and Impact, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
Materials Intelligent Innovation laboratory (MIIL), Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519088, China, Guangdong; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim 7491, Norway.
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Materials Under Shock and Impact, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; Materials Intelligent Innovation laboratory (MIIL), Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519088, China.
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Materials Science and Engineering, Structures. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim 7491, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9034-0858
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2025 (English)In: Scripta Materialia, ISSN 1359-6462, E-ISSN 1872-8456, Vol. 268, article id 116845Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

β-Mg2Si is a common intermetallic phase in commercial Al alloys, which can influence the precipitation of age-hardening phases and mechanical properties. In this work, β-Mg2Si dispersoid formed in a novel multi-components Al-Mg-Zn based crossover alloy during homogenization has been explored in detail. It is found that β-Mg2Si owns a rarely observed cube-cube orientation relationship (OR) of [001]β//[001]Al, (100)β//(100)Al with Al matrix, while a Si-terminated {100} interface layer can be identified. More strikingly, it is revealed that β-Mg2Si/Al-matrix interfaces acted as preferential segregation sites for Zr, Zn and Cu atoms, causing heterogeneous nucleation of Al3Zr and T-(Al,Zn,Cu)49Mg32 phases at the interfaces. Resultantly, the growth of β-Mg2Si could be slowed down with their transition from cube-cube to Kanno OR being hindered. The underlying mechanisms have been revealed by applying first principles calculations of segregation energies of solute atoms based on the atomistic interfacial configuration.

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Elsevier BV , 2025. Vol. 268, article id 116845
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Atomic structure, DFT, HAADF-STEM, Interfacial segregation, β-Mg2Si
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Condensed Matter Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-368857DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116845ISI: 001524908400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105009512623OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-368857DiVA, id: diva2:1993009
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Available from: 2025-08-28 Created: 2025-08-28 Last updated: 2025-10-06Bibliographically approved

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