Materials Science and Engineering

Intermetallic compounds in equilibrium with aluminum in Al-Ca-Cu ternary alloying system

  • T. K. AKOPYAN ,
  • T. A. SVIRIDOVA ,
  • N. A. BELOV ,
  • N. V. LETYAGIN ,
  • A. V. KOROTITSKIY
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  • National University of Science and Technology MISiS, 4 Leninsky pr., Moscow 119049, Russia

Online published: 2025-11-04

Abstract

The structure and properties of the new (Al,Cu)4Ca, Al27Ca3Cu7, and Al8CaCu4 intermetallic compounds in equilibrium with aluminum solid solution in the ternary Al-Ca-Cu alloying system were comprehensively analyzed. The (Al,Cu)4Ca intermetallic compound is treated as a line phase based on the Al4Ca phase with Cu substituted by Al. The solubility of copper in the compound reaches 10 at.% (19 wt.%), which leads to marked changes in the crystal lattice structure, physical and mechanical properties of the compound. For instance, the density of the compound increases from 2.22 to 2.79 g/cm3 and the microhardness from HV 180 to HV 250. The Al27Ca3Cu7 phase is treated as a strict stoichiometric ternary compound with a primitive BaHg11 type crystal structure of the Pm3m space group. The lattice parameter is accepted to be 8.514 ? corresponding to a density of 3.45 g/cm3. The Al8CaCu4 phase is also a strict stoichiometric ternary compound with a tetragonal crystal lattice structure of the Mn12Th type. The phase has the highest microhardness (HV 505) and density (4.57 g/cm3). The alloys pertaining to the binary (Al)+(Al,Cu)4Ca phase field and the quasi-binary (Al)+Al27Ca3Cu7 section can be considered promising as the base for new natural aluminum matrix composites.

Cite this article

T. K. AKOPYAN , T. A. SVIRIDOVA , N. A. BELOV , N. V. LETYAGIN , A. V. KOROTITSKIY . Intermetallic compounds in equilibrium with aluminum in Al-Ca-Cu ternary alloying system[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2024 , 34(5) : 1380 -1392 . DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(24)66478-2

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