caa a22 4500 463230752 CHVBK 20180405153241.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10853-006-1342-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10853-006-1342-7 Positron lifetime studies and coincidence Doppler broadening spectroscopy of Al-6Mg- x Sc ( x =0 to 0.6wt.%) alloy [Elektronische Daten] [M. Kaiser, P. Nambissan, M. Banerjee, A. Sachdeva, P. Pujari] Positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS), comprising of both positron lifetime and coincidence Doppler broadening measurements, has been employed for studying the phase decomposition behaviour of scandium doped Al-6Mg alloys. Micro structural and age hardening studies have also been conducted to substantiate the explanation of the results of PAS. Samples with scandium concentration ranging from 0 to 0.6wt.% have been studied. The measured positron lifetimes of undoped alloy reveal that GP zones are absent in the as-prepared Al-6Mg alloy. The observed positron lifetimes and the results of coincidence Doppler broadening measurements largely stem from the entrap of positrons at the interface between aluminium rich primary dendrites and the magnesium enriched interdendritic eutectic mixture of Mg5Al8 (β) and the primary solid solution of aluminium (α). The study also provides evidence of the formation of scandium vacancy complexes in Al-6Mg alloys doped with scandium upto a concentration of 0.2wt.%. However such complex formation ceases to continue beyond 0.2wt.% Sc; instead, the formation of fine coherent precipitates of Al3Sc is recorded in the as prepared alloy containing 0.6wt.% scandium. The positron annihilation studies coupled with CDBS have also corroborated with the fact that the fine coherent precipitates of Al3Sc are formed upon annealing the Al-6Mg alloys doped with scandium of concentration 0.2wt.% and above. Transmission electron microscopic studies have provided good evidence of precipitate formation in annealed Al-6Mg-Sc alloys. Elevated temperature annealing leads to dissociation of the scandium-vacancy complexes, thereby leading to the enhancement of the mobility of magnesium atoms. This has facilitated fresh nucleation and growth of Mg5Al8 precipitates in the above alloys at 673K. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Kaiser M. Bengal Engineering and Science University, 711103, Howrah, West Bengal, India aut Nambissan P. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, 700064, Kolkata, India aut Banerjee M. Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology, 73 A.C.B. Lane, 700010, Kolkata, India aut Sachdeva A. Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400085, Mumbai, India aut Pujari P. Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400085, Mumbai, India aut Journal of Materials Science Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 42/8(2007-04-01), 2618-2629 0022-2461 42:8<2618 2007 42 10853 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-1342-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-1342-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kaiser M. Bengal Engineering and Science University, 711103, Howrah, West Bengal, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nambissan P. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, 700064, Kolkata, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Banerjee M. Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology, 73 A.C.B. Lane, 700010, Kolkata, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sachdeva A. Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400085, Mumbai, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pujari P. Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400085, Mumbai, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Materials Science Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 42/8(2007-04-01), 2618-2629 0022-2461 42:8<2618 2007 42 10853 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer