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简介：FenanowirearraywithstrongshapeanisotropywasemployedasthesoftphaseinNd-Fe-Bbasednanocomposites.TheeffectsoftheFenanowiredistributiononmagneticpropertiesofthenanocompositeswereinvestigatedbymicromagneticsimulation.TheresultsindicatethattheshapeanisotropyofFewiresaddedinthesamedirectionastheuniaxialmagnetocrystallineanisotropyofthehardphasecannotincreasethecoercivityofthenanocomposite.Whenthenanowiresaredistributedperpendiculartotheeasyaxisofthehardphase,theshapeanisotropyofsoftphasecanretardthemomentsfromrotatingtothefullreverseddirection,leadingtoenhancedcoercivity.Inaddition,withincreasingthenanowirediameter,thecoercivityofthenanocompositedecreases,butthedipolarinteractionshowsdifferentrolesinmagneticreversalofnanocompositefordifferentdistributionsofnanowires.ThecurrentresultssuggestthatthecoercivityoftheNd2Fe14B/α-Fenanocompositecanbeenhancedbyintroducingthesoftmagneticnanowirearraywiththediameterlessthantheexchangelengthandwiththelongaxisalongthedirectionotherthantheeasyaxisofhardphase.

简介：AdditionofAl-5Ti-1Balloytomoltenaluminumalloyscanrefineα-Algrainseffectivelyandtherebyimprovetheirstrengthandtoughness.TiAl3andTiB2inAl-5Ti-1Balloyarethemainsecondary-phaseparticlesforrefinement,whiletheunderstandingontheeffectoftheirsizesonα-Algrainrefinementcontinuestobefragmented.Therefore,Al-5Ti-1Balloyswithvarioussizesandmorphologiesofthesecondary-phaseparticleswerepreparedbyequalchannelangularpressing(ECAP).Evolutionofthesecondary-phaseparticlesduringECAPprocessandtheirimpactonα-AlgrainrefinementwerestudiedbyX-raydiffractionandscanningelectronmicroscope(SEM).ResultsshowthatduringtheECAPprocess,micro-cracksfirstlyappearedinsideTiAl3particlesandthengraduallyexpanded,whichresultedincontinuousrefinementofTiAl3particles.Inaddition,micro-distributionuniformityofTiB2particleswasimprovedduetotheimpingementofTiAl3particlestoTiB2clustersduringdeformation.ExcessivelylargesizesofTiAl3particleswouldreducethenumberofeffectiveheterogeneousnucleusandthusresultedinpoorgrainrefinementeffectiveness.Moreover,excessivelysmallTiAl3particleswouldreduceinhibitoryfactorsforgraingrowthQandweakengrainrefinementeffectiveness.Therefore,anoptimalsizerangeof18-22μmforTiAl3particleswassuggested.