Phys. Rev. Lett. article on the control of precipitation aging in Al6000 alloys
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This Phys. Rev. Lett. article describes how precipitation aging can be controlled in AlMgSi alloys via a part-per-million addition of Sn solutes, and explains via thermodynamic modeling and DFT calculations that this control of aging is due to vacancy diffusion which can be tuned by the Sn solutes. This “diffusion on demand” principle has great scientific and technological ramifications.
