• Clustering and Vacancy Behavior in High- and Low-Solute Al-Mg-Si Alloys 

      Wenner, Sigurd; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuda, Kenji; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Tomono, Dai; Pratt, Francis L.; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Holmestad, Randi (Journal article, 2014)
      The precipitate microstructure and vacancy distribution in Al-Mg-Si alloys with different amounts of solute and different heat treatments were investigated by transmission electron microscopy and muon spin relaxation ...
    • Effect of copper addition on the cluster formation behavior of Al-Mg-Si, Al-Zn-Mg, and Al-Mg-Ge in the natural aging 

      Hatakeyama, Daichi; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuda, Kenji; Namiki, Takahiro; Lee, Seungwon; Nunomura, Norio; Aida, Tetsuo; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Holmestad, Randi; Wenner, Sigurd; Marioara, Calin Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The time-dependent resistivity of Al-Mg-Si(-Cu), Al-Zn-Mg(-Cu), and Al-Mg-Ge(-Cu) alloys are studied over a range of constant temperatures between 255 K and 320 K. The resistivity vs time curves for the samples show three ...
    • Effect of copper on fine precipitates at the early stage of aging in Al-Mg-X (X=Si, Ge, Zn) alloys 

      Matsuda, Kenji; Kawai, Akihiro; Watanabe, Katsumi; Lee, Seungwon; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Wenner, Sigurd; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Nunomura, Norio; Sato, Tatsuo; Holmestad, Randi; Ikeno, Susumu (Journal article, 2017)
      Age-hardenable Al–Mg–Si, Al–Mg–Ge, and Al–Zn–Mg alloys including Cu were investigated by transmission electron microscopy to understand extra diffraction spots that appear in their selected area electron diffraction patterns. ...
    • Extra electron diffraction spots caused by fine precipitates formed at the early stage of aging in Al-Mg-X (X=Si, Ge, Zn)-Cu alloys 

      Matsuda, Kenji; Kawai, Akihiro; Watanabe, Katsumi; Seungwon, Lee; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Wenner, Sigurd; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Nunomura, Norio; Sato, Tatsuo; Holmestad, Randi; Ikeno, Susumu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Age-hardenable Al-Mg-Si, Al-Mg-Ge, and Al-Zn-Mg alloys including Cu were investigated by transmission electron microscopy to understand extra diffraction spots that appear in their selected area electron diffraction patterns. ...
    • Muon kinetics in heat treated Al (–Mg)(–Si) alloys 

      Wenner, Sigurd; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuda, Kenji; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Tomono, Dai; Pratt, Francis L.; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Holmestad, Randi (Journal article, 2013)
      Al–Mg–Si alloys are heat-treatable and rely on precipitation hardening for their mechanical strength. We have employed the technique of muon spin relaxation to further our understanding of the complex precipitation sequence ...
    • Muon Spin Relaxation Study of Solute–Vacancy Interactions During Natural Aging of Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloys 

      Wenner, Sigurd; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuda, Kenji; Lee, Seungwon; Namiki, Takahiro; Watanabe, Isao; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Holmestad, Randi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Muon spin relaxation has the unique ability to detect very low concentrations of vacancies and vacancy–solute complexes in solids. In this work, we investigate quaternary Al-Mg-Si-Cu alloys and show that after quenching ...
    • Solute-vacancy clustering in Al-Mg-Si alloys studied by muon spin relaxation technique 

      Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuda, Kenji; Komaki, R.; Nunomra, Norio; Wenner, Sigurd; Holmestad, Randi; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Watanabe, Isao; Pratt, Francis Laurence (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Zero-field muon spin relaxation experiments were carried out with Al-1.6%Mg2Si, Al-0.5%Mg, and Al-0.5%Si alloys. Observed relaxation spectra were compared with the calculated relaxation functions based on the Monte Carlo ...
    • µSR study of Al-0.67%Mg-0.77%Si alloys 

      Nishimura, Katsuhiko; Matsuda, Kenji; Komaki, R; Nunomura, Norio; Wenner, Sigurd; Holmestad, Randi; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro; Watanabe, Isao; Pratt, Francis L.; Marioara, Calin Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Zero-field muon spin relaxation measurements were carried out with Al-0.67%Mg- 0.77%Si alloys in the temperature range from 20 K to 300 K. Observed relaxation spectra were compared with the relaxation functions calculated ...