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Aluminum alloys are widely used in engineering structures due to light weight and corrosion resistance but aluminum has low yielding and flow strengths. Here we reported super-strong Al-30 vol%SiC composites with a flow strength of about 1.18 GPa up to a uniform strain of 16.0%. Micromechanical tests revealed a flow strength of 0.73 GPa associated with the nano-spaced SiC nanowires strengthening, and additional flow strength of 0.45 GPa associated with high-density stacking faults (SFs) that are rarely formed and stabilized in Al due to high stacking fault energy (SFE). More surprisingly, SFs possess excellent thermal stability up to 320 °C and can be regained by thermal cooling even after they are eliminated during annealing at 600 °C. Microscopy characterizations and theoretical analysis revealed that thermal mismatch induced high stress during cooling promotes the formation of SFs, and the segregation of Si into SFs and dislocation cores enables the thermal stability of wide SFs. This work demonstrated an approach to creating high-density and thermo stable SFs in high SFE metals via microstructure-enabled thermal stress. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
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Composites Part B: Engineering
ISSN: 1359-8368
Year: 2023
Volume: 250
9 . 0 7 8
JCR@2020
ESI Discipline: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
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SCOPUS Cited Count: 21
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 13