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dc.contributor.authorFamelton, JR-
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, CA-
dc.contributor.authorBarbatti, C-
dc.contributor.authorBagot, PAJ-
dc.contributor.authorMoody, MP-
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-23T11:22:10Z-
dc.date.available2025-07-23T11:22:10Z-
dc.date.issued2025-06-16-
dc.identifierORCiD: James R. Famelton https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8824-2842-
dc.identifierORCiD: Carla Barbatti https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0448-8165-
dc.identifierORCiD: Michael P. Moody https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9256-0966-
dc.identifierArticle number: 102448-
dc.identifier.citationFamelton, J.R. et al. (2025) 'The role of solute clusters in the nucleation of precipitates in Al–Mg–Si–Cu alloys', Materialia, 42, 102448, pp. 1 - 9. doi: 10.1016/j.mtla.2025.102448.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/31598-
dc.descriptionData availability: The raw and processed data required to reproduce these findings is confidential.en_US
dc.descriptionSupplementary data are available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589152925001164?via%3Dihub#appSB .-
dc.description.abstractIn this work the precipitation behaviour of both high and low Cu variants of a Al-6xxx alloy were investigated with and without natural ageing. The material yield strength was greater in the high Cu alloy and without natural ageing. The strength was seen to correspond to changes in precipitate number density and a mechanism of dislocation bowing around these precipitates. In the samples without natural ageing, Cu was seen to increase the number density of nuclei and hence the final precipitate number density. In the samples with natural ageing, solute clusters were observed to dissolve during subsequent artificial ageing, but a higher proportion remained in the high Cu alloy and acted as nucleation sites for further precipitation.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to thank Constellium for providing the materials and financially supporting this research alongside the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) through studentship 1922133. The authors would also like to thank Constellium staff for their support of the DSC experiments. The authors are grateful to EPSRC for funding of the LEAP 5000XR for the UK National Atom Probe Facility through grant EP/M022803/1.en_US
dc.format.extent1 - 9-
dc.format.mediumElectronic-
dc.languageEnglish-
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc.en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International-
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/-
dc.subjectcluster assisted nucleationen_US
dc.subjectatom probe tomographyen_US
dc.subjectAl alloysen_US
dc.subjectageingen_US
dc.subjectAl–Mg–Si–Cuen_US
dc.titleThe role of solute clusters in the nucleation of precipitates in Al–Mg–Si–Cu alloysen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.date.dateAccepted2025-05-24-
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2025.102448-
dc.relation.isPartOfMaterialia-
pubs.publication-statusPublished online-
pubs.volume42-
dc.identifier.eissn2589-1529-
dc.rights.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en-
dcterms.dateAccepted2025-05-24-
dc.rights.holderCrown / The Authors-
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