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Part A: Materials Science

Characterization and interpretation of the morphology of a Mg2Sn precipitate with irrational facets in a Mg–Sn–Mn alloy

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Pages 1071-1082 | Received 12 Jun 2011, Accepted 02 Nov 2011, Published online: 12 Dec 2011
 

Abstract

The crystallographic morphology of β-Mg2Sn precipitates at (near) Burgers orientation relationship (OR) with respect to the α-Mg matrix in a Mg–Sn–Mn alloy was investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Two irrational facets of the precipitates were found to be F1 ∼// (−1 1 0.74)β and F2 ∼// (−1 1 −3.1)β. The facets are interpreted according to interfacial structures. The presence of a singular dislocation structure in F1 requires a small rotation of 0.21° from the Burgers OR. The calculated morphology is consistent with the observations.

Acknowledgements

The experimental alloy was prepared by the group of Professor R.-S. Chen from Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Science. Valuable discussions with Professor R.-S. Chen and L. Gao are gratefully acknowledged. This work made use of the resources of the Beijing National Center for Electron Microscopy and was supported by National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2009CB623704) and National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 50971076).

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