Enhanced nucleation and precipitation hardening in Al–Mg–Si(–Cu) alloys with minor Cd additions
Feng Qian, Dongdong Zhao, Eva Anne Mørtsell, Shenbao Jin, Junsheng Wang, Calin D. Marioara, Sigmund J. Andersen, Gang Sha, Yanjun Li
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NucleationAtom probePrecipitationMaterials sciencePrecipitation hardeningVacancy defectKineticsTransmission electron microscopyCrystallographyScanning transmission electron microscopyImpurityDensity functional theoryNumber densityAtom (system on chip)Hardening (computing)MetallurgyMicrostructureChemistryThermodynamicsNanotechnologyComputational chemistryMeteorologyLayer (electronics)Quantum mechanicsEmbedded systemPhysicsComputer scienceOrganic chemistryAluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesMicrostructure and mechanical propertiesAluminum Alloys Composites Properties