Intermetallic particle

Intermetallic particles form during solidification of metallic alloys.

Aluminium alloys

Al-Si-Cu-Mg alloys

For example, Al-Si-Cu-Mg alloys form Al5FeSi- plate like intermetallic phase, Chinese script like -Al8Fe2Si, Al2Cu, etc. The size and morphology of these intermetallic phases in these alloys control the mechanical properties of these alloys especially strength and ductility.[1] The size of these phases depends on the secondary dendrite arm spacing,[2] as well as the Si content of the alloy,[3][4][5][6][7] of the primary phase in the micro structure.

Phases and crystal structures

Phase	Structure	Space Group	a	b	c	α	β	γ	..
α-Al8Fe2Si[8]	hexagonal	p63/mmc(194)	12.404	12.404	26.234	90	90	120	..
β-Al5FeSi[9]	monoclinic	2/m	6.16760	6.1661	20.8093	..	..	91	..
Al2Cu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Magnesium alloys

WE 43

In-situ synchrotron diffraction experiment[10] on Electron alloy-WE 43 (Mg4Y3Nd) shows that this alloy form the following intermetallic phases ;Mg12Nd, Mg14Y4Nd, and Mg24Y5.

Phases and crystal structures

Phase	Structure	Space Group	a	b	c	α	β	γ	..
Mg41Nd5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
β-Mg14Nd2Y[11]	face centered cubic		2.2 nm			..	..		..
Mg24Y5[11]	body centered cubic	..	1.12 nm	..	..	..	..	..	..

References

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7. Sivarupan, Tharmalingam; Taylor, John Andrew; Cáceres, Carlos Horacio (25 February 2015). "SDAS, Si and Cu Content, and the Size of Intermetallics in Al-Si-Cu-Mg-Fe Alloys". Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 46 (5): 2082–2107. Bibcode:2015MMTA...46.2082S. doi:10.1007/s11661-015-2808-5.
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10. Tolnai, D.; Mendis, C.L.; Stark, A.; Szakács, G.; Wiese, B.; Kainer, K.U.; Hort, N. (July 2013). "In situ synchrotron diffraction of the solidification of Mg4Y3Nd" (PDF). Materials Letters. 102-103: 62–64. doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2013.03.110.
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