Something serious about Cerium, Episode 3.
A microstructure consisting of Aluminum dendrites reinforced by a continuous intermetallic network of Al11Ce3 laths. Beautiful.Strong. It all started when we at VALIMET were requested to toll atomize an Al-16Ce-1Mg formulation by the team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory:Challenge accepted. The paper summarizing the results of their tests was recently published: “Alloy design for additive manufacturing: Continuously…