Dependence of fatigue life of 5052 aluminum in aqueous NaCl on specimen polarization

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c

Co-5 pct Fe

2.510A

8.178A

3.258

Co-2 pct Fe

2.512A

8.162A

3.249

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Dependence of Fatigue Life of 5052 Aluminum in Aqueous NaCI on

q u e n c e is f o u n d in s e v e r a l A B 3 - t y p e o r d e r e d , c l o s e p a c k e d i n t e r m e t a l l i c c o m p o u n d s . 1~ S i n c e t h e b e s t k n o w n c o m p o u n d of t h i s t y p e , N i 3 T i , i s d e s i g n a t e d a s 0 p h a s e , we p r o p o s e t o u s e t h i s s y m b o l u n i v e r s a l l y f o r f o u r - l a y e r e d c l o s e - p a c k e d s t r u c t u r e s , a s e is used a l m o s t universally for t h e two-layered f o r m . Metallographic examination of sectioned s p e c i m e n s r e v e a l e d a p h a s e with a distinctive morphology located a d j a c e n t t o the e r o d e d s u r f a c e i n t h e a l l o y s c o n t a i n i n g 2 a n d 5 pct F e . F i g . 1 s h o w s t h i s p h a s e w h i c h h a s a blocky form often with a saw-tooth interphase on the side r e m o t e f r o m t h e e r o d e d s u r f a c e . T h e m o r p h o l ogy c o n t r a s t s with t h e characteristic t r a n s f o r m a t i o n m a r k i n g s in t h e m a t r i x . W e b e l i e v e t h i s p h a s e is t h e i d e n t i f i e d by X - r a y d i f f r a c t i o n . 1. J. B. Hess and C.S. Barrett: Trans. AIME, 1952, vol. 194, p l 645. 2 . R. D. Heidenreich andW. Shockley: inStrength in Solids, 1948, (Rep. on the Conf., Univ. of Bristol, July, 1947) The Physical Society, London, p . 57. 3. T. Ericsson: ActaMet., 1966, vol. 14, p . 853. 4 . H. Derow andH. E. Bleil: NASA Rep., No. Cr-1590, 1970. 5. A. H. Graham: Trans