{"title":"Thermodynamic re-assessment of the Al-Li-Zn system","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.calphad.2024.102752","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Aluminum-lithium alloys are a kind of highly promising material due to low density, high strength and excellent modulus properties. The proper addition of Zn can effectively promote the precipitation of the main metastable strengthening phase δ′(Al<sub>3</sub>Li). As a crucial sub-system of Al-Li alloys, literature data on phase diagram and thermodynamic properties of the Al-Li-Zn system as well as the Al-Li and Li-Zn binary systems were comprehensively evaluated by the CALPHAD approach. The Li-Zn system was reassessed mainly by considering the newly reported data on formation enthalpy and activity and a 2-sublattice (SL) model was applied to describe the βLiZn<sub>4</sub> phase. The Al-Li system was modified by considering AlLi<sub>2</sub> and describing the metastable phase δ′(Al<sub>3</sub>Li) with interconvertible 4SL and 2SL ordered-disordered models. The predicted metastable fcc solvus was in perfect agreement with the measurements. Considering the available experimental data, the ternary Al-Li-Zn system was then re-optimized and a self-consistent thermodynamic description of the ternary Al-Li-Zn system was presented. The predicted metastable two-phase region of (Al)+δ’(Al<sub>3</sub>Li) in Al-Li-Zn system can be coupled with the accessible experimental data, which can be expected to well assist in designing high-strength Al-Li alloys.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":9436,"journal":{"name":"Calphad-computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Calphad-computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0364591624000944","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aluminum-lithium alloys are a kind of highly promising material due to low density, high strength and excellent modulus properties. The proper addition of Zn can effectively promote the precipitation of the main metastable strengthening phase δ′(Al3Li). As a crucial sub-system of Al-Li alloys, literature data on phase diagram and thermodynamic properties of the Al-Li-Zn system as well as the Al-Li and Li-Zn binary systems were comprehensively evaluated by the CALPHAD approach. The Li-Zn system was reassessed mainly by considering the newly reported data on formation enthalpy and activity and a 2-sublattice (SL) model was applied to describe the βLiZn4 phase. The Al-Li system was modified by considering AlLi2 and describing the metastable phase δ′(Al3Li) with interconvertible 4SL and 2SL ordered-disordered models. The predicted metastable fcc solvus was in perfect agreement with the measurements. Considering the available experimental data, the ternary Al-Li-Zn system was then re-optimized and a self-consistent thermodynamic description of the ternary Al-Li-Zn system was presented. The predicted metastable two-phase region of (Al)+δ’(Al3Li) in Al-Li-Zn system can be coupled with the accessible experimental data, which can be expected to well assist in designing high-strength Al-Li alloys.
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The design of industrial processes requires reliable thermodynamic data. CALPHAD (Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry) aims to promote computational thermodynamics through development of models to represent thermodynamic properties for various phases which permit prediction of properties of multicomponent systems from those of binary and ternary subsystems, critical assessment of data and their incorporation into self-consistent databases, development of software to optimize and derive thermodynamic parameters and the development and use of databanks for calculations to improve understanding of various industrial and technological processes. This work is disseminated through the CALPHAD journal and its annual conference.