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	|  | Author | Ding, L.; Ehlers, F.J.H.; Hu, R.; Zhang, Z.; Nagaum, H.; Hutchinson, C.; Liu, Q.; Jia, Z. |    
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	|  | Title | On the order-disorder transformation within a main hardening precipitate in Al-Mg-Si alloys | Type | A1 Journal article | 
	|  | Year  | 2025 | Publication | Philosophical magazine | Abbreviated Journal |  |  | 
	|  | Volume | 105 | Issue | 3 | Pages | 169-188 |  | 
	|  | Keywords | A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) |  | 
	|  | Abstract | The earliest stages of solid-state precipitation in age hardenable alloys, before the first ordered phase formation, are notoriously elusive, yet often of central importance to material properties quantification. The order-disorder precipitate transformations are currently accepted to proceed by long-range chemical ordering on a substructure extending through the particle, with the Al-Mg-Si alloy Guinier-Preston (GP) zone -> beta '' transformation representing the most well-documented example. It is shown here that the structurally distinct beta '' phase arises directly from solute diffusion-controlled precipitation within a precipitate, providing an alternative pathway for the transformation of one precipitate to a more thermodynamically stable precipitate. The emergence of dispersed beta '' nuclei in the otherwise fcc-based particle is revealed by structural and chemical signs of a significant spatial solute variation. Furthermore, upon reduced aging temperature, heavily structurally flawed final particles result from increasingly challenging nucleus coalescence. The highly localised origin of this process suggests that early-stage precipitate transformation mechanisms be revisited for other age hardenable alloys. |  | 
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	|  | Language |  | Wos | WOS:001343878200001 | Publication Date | 2024-10-28 |  | 
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	|  | ISSN | 1478-6435 | ISBN |  | Additional Links | UA library record; WoS full record |  | 
	|  | Impact Factor |  | Times cited |  | Open Access |  |  | 
	|  | Notes |  | Approved | no |  | 
	|  | Call Number | UA @ admin @ c:irua:210502 | Serial | 9452 |  | 
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