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Recent Advances in Discontinuously Reinforced Aluminum… 287<br />

Figure 13. TEM micrograph showing interaction between dislocations and alumina nanoparticles<br />

during creep of PM 2024 Al/Al2O 3 nanocomposite at 10 MPa, 678 K [47].<br />

Figure 14. Creep rate vs effective stress on a logarithmic scale for PM 2014Al/Al 2O 3 nanocomposites<br />

prepared at (a) 0.3 and (b) 1.0 % oxygen levels [47].<br />

Recently, Mohamed and coworkers studied the creep mechanism of the PM aluminum<br />

solid solution alloy (2014 Al) reinforced with alumina nanoparticles [47]. The alumina<br />

nanoparticles of 30 and 35 nm are intentionally formed in 2014 Al during sintering via the<br />

introduction of water moisture with oxygen levels controlled at 0.3 and 1.0 wt%, respectively.<br />

Analysis of the creep data of this alloy reveals the presence of temperature- dependent

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