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the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

The Journal of
the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

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  • eISSN : 2288-8241

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Title The Effects of Mg on the Aging characteristics of an Al - 2.5wt%Li Alloy
Authors 김제덕(J . D . Kim); 박중근(J . K . Park)
Page pp.33-39
ISSN 0253-3847
Abstract The effects of Mg addition on the aging characteristics of Al-2.5wt%Li alloys have been studied using transmission electron microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. Results of lattice parameter measurement suggested that the Mg atoms tend to dissolve in the δ` particles. The coarsening of δ` particles generally obeys the LSW kinetics and its rate constant appears not to be much affected by the Mg addition. The kinetics of the precipitation of b phase could be best described by a kinetic law of Avrami type with n=1.5. The addition of 1wt% Mg results in a decrease of the activation energy for the formation of the 8 phase from 141KJ/mole to 137KJ/mole.