Transmission electron microscopy investigation of separated nucleation and in-situ nucleation in AA7050 aluminium alloy
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Abstract High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) with nanometer-scaled energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) was employed to investigate the transformation mechanisms of the GP zone → η′ → η precipitation sequence of AA7050, an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy. Serial in-situ HRTEM frames revealed that separated nucleation of an η′ precipitate occurred elsewhere as the adjacent GPII zone dissolved. Evidence from HRTEM coupled with EDX showed that in-situ nucleation of a new η2 precipitate (one form of η) took place, wherein it gradually developed from the original η′ precipitate via a similar hexagonal structure with different compositions. The in-situ transition product was composed of two distinctive regions; one was identified as η′, and the other, as η.
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