Surface Decorations of Al-Cu-Fe and Al-Cu-Co Single Quasicrystals

Room Temperature Oxidation of Al-Cu-Fe and Al-Cu-Fe-Cr Quasicrystals

We have investigated formation of oxides on quasicrystalline and crystalline alloy surfaces of similar composition, in different oxidizing environments. This includes a comparison between a quaternary orthorhombic approximate of Al-Cu-Fe-Cr quasicrystal and the ternary AI-Cu-Fe quasicrystalline and crystalline phases. We noted that each sample showed the following common trends: preferential ox...

Processing Of Al-Cu-Fe Single Grains

The phase equilibria of the Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystalline phase (y phase) is complex and conventional crystal growth techniques like the Bridgman and Czochralski methods are not applicable in preparation of large crystals. Large single grains of the y phase been have prepared by either slow cooling or isothermal anneals. In the later technique, arc melted ingots were subjected to either single or m...

NMR and NQR study of the electronic and structural properties of Al-Cu-Fe and Al-Cu-Ru quasicrystals.

Laser processing and microstructure of Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystalline coatings on Al-base materials

There is a large interest in using high power lasers for surface alloying or cladding on aluminium alloys, in order to enhance hardness and to improve wear resistance. A partly quasicrystalline surface layer (QC) (Al-Cu-Fe coating) has been obtained by laser cladding on Al-base materials. In addition to crystalline phases (Al5Fe2 and AlisFe4t -with dissolved copper), a quasicrystalline Al-Cu-Fe...

Microstructural evolution in Al–Cu–Fe quasicrystalline thin films

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was performed to study the microstructural evolution in Al–Cu–Fe quasicrystalline thin films. Thin films were grown by magnetron sputtering on sodium chloride crystals, which were subsequently dissolved in water to acquire free-standing films. Studies were conducted on the as-deposited sample, and samples that were annealed at 400 8C in Argon and 500 8C in...