In Situ EBSD Study of Aluminum After Embrittlement by Gallium.

Liquid metal embrittlement is a phenomenon in which the mechanical properties of a metallic material are significantly reduced after contact with liquid metal, and the microscopic mechanism of this phenomenon is still controversial. The grain boundary penetration mechanism has recently been widely recognized, but the theory is still deficient. To refine the theory of grain boundary penetration, in this paper, the liquid metal embrittlement mechanism of aluminum by gallium is obtained by in situ EBSD, combining it with the fracture morphology features and comparing the differences of the microscopic feature changes and the crack evolution process during the in situ tensile process of embrittled and untreated aluminum specimens.

Experimental Study on Liquid Metal Embrittlement of Al-Zn-Mg Aluminum Alloy (7075): From Macromechanical Property Experiment to Microscopic Characterization.

This study is a multiscale experimental investigation into the embrittlement of Al-Zn-Mg aluminum alloy (7075-T6) caused by liquid metal gallium. The results of the experiment demonstrate that the tensile strength of the 7075-T6 aluminum alloy significantly weakens with an increase in the embrittlement temperature and a prolonged embrittlement time, whereas it improves with an increase in the strain rate. On the basis of the analysis of the experimental data, the sensitivity of the embrittlement of 7075-T6 aluminum alloy by liquid gallium to the loading strain rate is significantly higher compared to other environmental factors.