AFM and nanoindentation study of selected aluminium alloys

The structure of EN AW 6082 aluminium alloy is investigated in this paper. Atom force microscopy (AFM) is used to identify present phases and their morphology. AFM enabled to observe even the precipitates, their size and distribution. In the next step, some structure constituent described by AFM were evaluated by the nanoindentation process to determine their local mechanical properties, such as nanohardness and reduced modulus.

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