Nanostructured materials exhibit attractive mechanical properties that are often superior to the performance of their coarse-grained counterparts. However, one major drawback is their low ductility, which limits their potential applications. In this paper, different strategies to obtain both high strength and enhanced ductility in nanostructured materials are reported for Ti-base and Zr-base alloys. The first approach consists of designing an in-situ composite microstructure containing ductile bcc or hop dendrites that are homogeneously dispersed in a nanostructured matrix. The second approach is related to refining the eutectic structure of a Ti-Fe-Sn alloy. For all these materials, the microstructure, mechanical properties, deformation and fracture mechanisms will be discussed.

Nanostructured or partially amorphous Al-and Zr-based alloys are attractive candidates for advanced high-strength lightweight materials. Such alloys can be prepared by quenching from the melt or by powder metallurgy using mechanical attrition techniques. This work focuses on mechanically attrited powders and their consolidation into bulk specimens. Selected examples of mechanical deformation behavior are presented, revealing that the properties can be tuned within a wide range of strength and ductility as a function of size and volume fraction of the different phases.

We report on the mechanical and structural properties of nanocrystalline 8% and 10% mol yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) obtained using mechanical alloying (MA). The as-milled powders show a body-centered cubic structure with grain sizes in the nanometer scale. After uniaxial pressing and sintering the compacts exhibit good mechanical properties. We discuss the correlation of these enhanced properties with the microstructural changes induced by heat treatment.

본 연구에서는 기계적 합금화 공정을 통하여 평균 10nm의 크기를 가지는 결정립으로 이루어지는 나노구조 Fe-Co 합금분말을 제조하였으며 제조된 합금분말을 PECS 공정으로 소결하여 벌크의 나노구조 Fe-Co 연자성 합금을 제조하고자 하였다. PECS 공정은 소결온도를 700, 800, 900과 1000˚C로 변화시키고 유지시간을 0에서 16분가지 변화시켜주며 수행하였다. PECS 공정의 나노구조 소결체 제조에 관한 효율성을 평가하였으며 소결온도와 유지시간의 변화에 따른 소결밀도와 미세구조의 변화를 관찰하여 최적의 소결조건을 찾고자하였다. 또한 각 소결조건에서 제조된 소결체들의 보자력과 포화자화값을 측정하여 자성특성을 평가하였다.