Rapidly solidified ribbon-consolidation processing was applied for preparation of high strength bulk Mg-Zn-Gd alloys. Mg alloys have been used in automotive and aerospace industries. Rapid solidification (RS) process is suitable for the development of high strength Mg alloys, because the process realizes grain-refinement, increase in homogeneity, and so on. Recently, several nanocrystalline Mg-Zn-Y alloys with high specific tensile strength and large elongation have been developed by rapidly solidified powder metallurgy (RS P/M) process. Mg-Zn-Y RS P/M alloys are characterized by long period ordered (LPO) structure and sub-micron fine grains. The both additions of rare earth elements and zinc remarkably improved the mechanical properties of RS Mg alloys. Mg-Zn-Gd alloy also forms LPO structure in -Mg matrix coherently, therefore, it is expected that the RS Mg-Zn-Gd alloys have excellent mechanical properties. In this study, we have developed high strength RS Mg-Zn-Gd alloys with LPO structure and nanometer-scale precipitates by RS ribbon-consolidation processing. and and bulk alloys exhibited high tensile yield strength (470 MPa and 525 MPa and 566 MPa) and large elongation (5.5% and 2.8% and 2.4%).

Hybrid ceramic particle reinforced 6061 and 5083 Al composite powders were prepared by the combination of twin rolling and stone mill crushing process, followed by consolidating processes of cold compaction, degassing and hot extrusion. The composite bar consists of lamellar structure of ceramic particle rich area and matrix area, in which the hybrid was decomposed into each TiC of about and particles of about in diameter. It also found that fine precipitates of about 30 nm were embedded in the matrix, which have grains of about 3 . Higher UTS was measured at the 5083 composite bar compared to the conventionally fabricated composite, due to again refinement effect by the rapid solidification. No particle was shown to form in the interface between the matrix and reinforcement, whereas carbon was diffused into the matrix.

Bi-Te게 열전재료는 200~400K 정도의 저온에서 에너지 변환 효율이 가장 높은 재료로써 열전냉각, 발전재료 등에 응용하기 위하여 제조방법 및 특성에 관한 많은 역구가 진행되어 왔다. 현재 산업화에 응용되고 있는 일방향응고법은 기계적 강도가 약하여 회수 율이 낮으며, 결정을 성장시키는데 비교적 장시간을 필요로 하기 때문에 제조 단가가 비싸다. 따라서 이와 같은 문제점을 보완하기 위하여 합금설계 및 가공공정에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 이에

본 연구에서는 Al-기지 복합재료의 새로운 개념과 in-situ 공정의 가능성을 Al-Ti계의 연구결과들을 토대로 제시하고자 하였다. 가스아토마이제이션법에의해 Al3Ti가 미세한 편상형상을 갖도록 Al-10%Ti 조성의 합금분말을 제조하고, 고온 압출 공정을통하여 25V/o Al3Ti/Al 복합재를 제조하였다. 복합재의 미세구조를 광학현미경, SEM, TEM 등을 이용하여 조사하였고, 상온과 고온에서의 기계적 특성을 인장시험을 통하여 측정하였다. 제조된 복합재료의 미세구조 및 고온 기계적 성질을 상용되고 있는 SiCw/2124 복합재료와 유사한 거동을 보여준다. 제조된 Al3Ti/Al 복합재료의 장점과 단점이 물성향상의 가능성과 더불어 제시되었다.

본 연구에서는 Al-10wt%Ti-4wt%Fe 복합재료를 in-situ공정으로 제조할 수 있는 가능성 및 2 원계 Al-10wt%Ti 복합재료의 낮은 기계적 성질(탄성계수, 상온 고온강도, 내마모특성 등)을 PM SiC/2124 복합재료 수준 흑은 그 이상으로 향상시킬 수 있는 가능성을 조사하였다. 제조된 Al-10wt%Ti-4wt%Fe 합금은 불연속 SiC 강화상으로 보강된 Al-기지 복합재료(SiCw/2124)와 유사한 미세구조를 보여주었으며, 탄성계수 및 인장강도, 내마모성질 등의 기계적 특성이 2원계 Al-10%Ti 합금각 비교해 현저하게 향상되었음이 관찰되었다. 위의 결과는 초정 Al3Ti상 외에도 Fe 원소의 첨가를 통한 추가적인 AlxFe의 분산강화 효과에 기인한 것으로 해석된다.

The efficiency of thermoelectric devices for different applications is known to depend on the thermoelectric effectiveness of the material which tends to grow with the increase of its chemical homogeneity. Thus an important goal for thermal devices is to obtain chemically homogeneous solid solutions. In this work, the new process with rapid solidification (melt spinning method) followed by hot pressing was investigated to produce homogeneous material. Characteristics of the material were examined with HRD, SEM, EPMA-line scan and bending test. Property variations of the materials were investigated as a function of variables, such as dopant quantity and hot pressing temperature. Quenched ribbons are very brittle and consist of homogeneous , solid solutions. When the process parameters were optimized, the maximum figure of merit was 2.038×10-3K-4. The bending strength of the material hot pressed at 50 was 8.2 kgf/.

solid solutions are of great interest as materials for thermoelectric energy conversion. One of the key technologies to ensure the efficiency of thermoelectric device is to obtain chemically homogeneous solid solutions. In this work, the new process with rapid solidification followed by hot pressing was investigated to produce homogeneous thermoelectric materials. Characteristics of the materials were examined with XRD, SEM, EPMA-line scan and bending test. Property variations of the materials were investigated as a function of variables, such as excess Te quantity and hot pressing temperature. Quenched ribbons are very brittle and consisted of homogeneous , solid solutions. When the process parameters were optimized, the maximum figure of merit was 3.073. The bending strength of the material, hot pressed at 45, was 5.87 kgf/.

Rapidly solidified and mechanically alloyed Al-Ti base alloys were prepared by gas atomization and attritor milling separately. The gas atomized and the mechanically alloyed powders were consolidated after preheating at , and then heat treated isochronally for 1 hour to observe the microstructures and to investigate the mechanical properties. Stable phases of precipitates in the Al-Ti-Si and the Al-Ti-Zr alloys were identified as DO22- and each. Among the alloys, the mechanically alloyed Al-l0Ti-2Si alloy showed superior thermal stability and mechanical properties at elevated temperature. The additions of third elements, such as Si and Zr, to Al-Ti alloys seemed to improve the mechnical properties remarkably by stabilizing the microstructure and the precipitate phases in the consolidated alloys.