Influence of Temperature on the Structure of Aluminium-Based Melts

O. S. Roik$^{1}$, D. S. Kanibolotsky$^{2}$, V. P. Kazimirov$^{1}$, A. M. Verkhovliuk$^{2}$, O. M. Yakovenko$^{1}$, O. A. Shcheretskiy$^{2}$, R. A. Sergiienko$^{2}$, Ye. H. Byba$^{3}$

$^{1}$Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska Str., UA-01033 Kyiv, Ukraine
$^{2}$Physico-Technological Institute of Metals and Alloys, NAS of Ukraine, 34/1 Academician Vernadsky Blvd., UA-03142 Kyiv, Ukraine
$^{3}$National Technical University of Ukraine ‘Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute’, 37 Peremohy Ave., UA-03056 Kyiv, Ukraine

Received: 29.12.2022; final version - 12.01.2023. Download: PDF

Six alloys of the Al-Cu-Ti-Fe system are smelted. The alloys’ composition varies in the following ranges [wt.%]: 5.1-6.1% Cu, 0.05-0.32% Ti, 0.06-0.19% Fe. The alloys are investigated in the liquid state by the high-temperature x-ray diffraction method in a helium environment at 700°С and 1000°С. Structure factors and pair distribution functions are calculated from the measured scattering curves. In turn, the numbers of atoms in the first co-ordination sphere (co-ordination numbers) are determined from the pair-distribution curves. Models of the melt structure are designed using the inverse Monte Carlo method in such a way to correspond maximally to experimentally determined structure-factor curves. Partial structure factors and pair distribution functions for Al-Al, Al-Cu and Al-Ti atomic pairs as well as co-ordination numbers for atoms of different kinds are calculated from the obtained models. The constructed models are divided into Delaunay simplexes, and polytetrahedral atomic clusters of the icosahedral type are defined. It is determined that the copper content in such clusters is 3-4 times higher than in the homogeneous melt.

Key words: aluminium alloys, melts, clusters, microstructure, x-ray diffraction, inverse Monte Carlo method.

URL: https://mfint.imp.kiev.ua/en/abstract/v45/i11/1237.html

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/mfint.45.11.1237

PACS: 02.70.Uu, 61.05.cp, 61.20.Ja, 61.25.Mv, 81.05.Bx

Citation: O. S. Roik, D. S. Kanibolotsky, V. P. Kazimirov, A. M. Verkhovliuk, O. M. Yakovenko, O. A. Shcheretskiy, R. A. Sergiienko, and Ye. H. Byba, Influence of Temperature on the Structure of Aluminium-Based Melts, Metallofiz. Noveishie Tekhnol., 45, No. 11: 1237—1252 (2023) (in Ukrainian)


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