Manufacturing Technology 2013, 13(3):390-394 | DOI: 10.21062/ujep/x.2013/a/1213-2489/MT/13/3/390

Preparation of aluminium-based quasicrystals

Pavel Novák, Milena Voděrová, Robin Hendrych, Tomáš Kubatík, Alena Michalcová, Dalibor Vojtěch
Department of Metals and Corrosion Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague

This paper describes the methods that are applicable for the preparation of aluminium-based quasicrystals. Application of rapid solidification of the melt, mechanical alloying and reactive sintering of metallic powders are presented. Based on the conducted experiments, mechanical alloying seems to be the most promising technology, since it enables to yield nearly pure quasicrystalline powder in Al-Fe-Cu alloy system.

Keywords: quasicrystal, aluminium, reactive sintering, mechanical alloying, rapid solidification

Published: October 1, 2013  Show citation

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Novák P, Voděrová M, Hendrych R, Kubatík T, Michalcová A, Vojtěch D. Preparation of aluminium-based quasicrystals. Manufacturing Technology. 2013;13(3):390-394. doi: 10.21062/ujep/x.2013/a/1213-2489/MT/13/3/390.
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