Abstract
The effect of carbon nanotubes on the thermal stability of ultrafine grained aluminium alloy processed by the consolidation of nano-powders obtained by mechanical alloying was evaluated via measurements of grain size and mechanical property changes upon annealing at various temperatures. It was found that the grain size of the samples containing carbon nanotubes is stable up to high temperatures and even after annealing at 450 °C (0.7 T m ) no evident grain growth was observed. The limited grain boundary migration was attributed to the presence of entangled networks of carbon nanotubes located at grain boundaries and to the formation of nanoscale particles of aluminium carbide Al 4C 3. It was also revealed that carbon nanotubes decompose at a relatively low temperature of 450 °C and form fine Al 4C 3 precipitates. This transformation does not significantly affect the mechanical properties due to the nanoscale size of the carbides.
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