• Aluminium use in passenger cars poses systemic challenges for recycling and GHG emissions 

      Billy, Romain Guillaume; Mueller, Daniel Beat (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The demand for automotive aluminium is expected to boom in the coming decades given current trends in the passenger car market, such as electrification, light-weighting, customers’ preference for larger cars (SUVs) and ...
    • Detailed investigation of the shearing mechanism of β" precipitates in Al-Mg-Si alloys 

      Christiansen, Emil; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Ringdalen, Inga Gudem; Bjørge, Ruben; Holmedal, Bjørn; Hopperstad, Odd Sture; Holmestad, Randi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The mechanism behind shearing of β'' precipitates in Al-Mg-Si alloys during deformation is investigated by applying advanced transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques and frozen phonon multislice TEM image simulations ...
    • Effects of Compaction and Thermal Pre‑treatments on Generation of Dross and Off‑Gases in Aluminium Recycling 

      Vallejo Olivares, Alicia; Gertjegerdes, Tom; Høgåsen, Solveig; Friedrich, Bernd; Tranell, Maria Gabriella (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Organic coatings are a challenge for aluminium packaging recycling since they tend to increase the re-melting metal losses. A solution is de-coating the scrap via a thermal pre-treatment to burn-off the organics before ...
    • Lattice rotations in precipitate free zones in an Al-Mg-Si alloy 

      Christiansen, Emil; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Marthinsen, Knut; Hopperstad, Odd Sture; Holmestad, Randi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Scanning precession electron diffraction and automated crystal orientation mapping in a transmission electron microscope (TEM) have been applied to quantitatively study the crystal orientation of precipitate free zones ...
    • Mechanical Properties of AlSi10Mg Processed by Laser Powder Bed Fusion at Elevated Temperature 

      Hovig, Even Wilberg; S. Azar, Amin; M'hamdi, Mohammed; Sørby, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      AlSi10Mg processed by laser powder bed fusion is expected to have remarkable mechanical properties due to the dominant cellular microstructure. However, the as-processed material is often both anisotropic and containing ...
    • Multislice image simulations of sheared needle‐like precipitates in an Al‐Mg‐Si alloy 

      Christiansen, Emil; Ringdalen, Inga Gudem; Bjørge, Ruben; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Holmestad, Randi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The image contrast of sheared needle‐like urn:x-wiley:00222720:media:jmi12901:jmi12901-math-0001 precipitates in the Al‐Mg‐Si alloy system is investigated with respect to shear‐plane positions, the number of shear‐planes, ...
    • Nano-scale characterisation of sheared β” precipitates in a deformed Al-Mg-Si alloy 

      Christiansen, Emil; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Holmedal, Bjørn; Hopperstad, Odd Sture; Holmestad, Randi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This paper compares the nano-scale structure of β” precipitates in a peak-aged Al-Mg-Si alloy before and after deformation. Three complementary advanced transmission electron microscopy techniques are used to reveal the ...
    • Orientation dependent pinning of (sub)grains by dispersoids during recovery and recrystallization in an Al–Mn alloy 

      Ånes, Håkon Wiik; Van Helvoort, Antonius; Marthinsen, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The recrystallized grain size and texture in alloys can be controlled via the microchemistry state during thermomechanical processing. The influence of concurrent precipitation on recovery and recrystallization is here ...
    • Studying GPI zones in Al-Zn-Mg alloys by 4D-STEM 

      Thronsen, Elisabeth; Frafjord, Jonas; Friis, Jesper; Marioara, Calin Daniel; Wenner, Sigurd; Andersen, Sigmund Jarle; Holmestad, Randi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      A new methodology has been developed to study the fine details of GP zones in age-hardenable aluminium alloys. It is complementary to atomic resolution high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy ...
    • The correlation between intergranular corrosion resistance and copper content in the precipitate microstructure in an AA6005A alloy 

      Marioara, Calin Daniel; Lervik, Adrian; Grønvold, Julie; Lunder, Otto; Wenner, Sigurd; Furu, Trond; Holmestad, Randi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      A positive correlation is observed between the amount of Cu incorporated in hardening precipitates and intergranular corrosion resistance in an artificially aged Cu-containing 6005A alloy. Three mechanisms have been ...
    • Work-hardening and ductility of artificially aged AA6060 aluminium alloy 

      Westermann, Ida; Pedersen, Ketill Olav; Børvik, Tore; Hopperstad, Odd Sture (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The work-hardening and ductility of an artificially aged AA6060 aluminium alloy were studied based on tensile tests of smooth and notched cylindrical samples. The alloy was tested after three processing steps, each followed ...