Detailed Structures and Formation Mechanisms of Well-Known Al_(10)RE_2Mn_7 Phase in Die-Cast Mg-4Al-4RE-0.3Mn Alloy

摘要

The detailed structures and the corresponding formation mechanisms of the well-known Al_(10)RE_2Mn_7 phase in the conventional die-cast Mg–4Al–4RE–0.3Mn alloy were thoroughly investigated using transmission electron microscopy(TEM). The results indicate that the Al_(10)RE_2Mn_7 phase ordinarily contains both normal (111) twins and orientation twins.Both detailed TEM observations and density functional theory calculations indicate that the Al_(10)RE_2Mn_7 phase is transferred from the Al_8REMn_4 phase following an orientation relationship as [010]_(Al_8REMn_4)//[101]_(Al_(10)RE_2Mn_7) and (101)_(Al_8REMn_4)//(110)_(Al_(10)RE_2Mn_7). Moreover, forming orientation twins in the Al_(10)RE_2Mn_7 phase is attributed to the blurry regions at incoherent twin boundaries in the Al_8REMn_4 phase. Finally, these formed orientation twins result in the (111) twins in the Al_(10)RE_2Mn_7 phase.