By means of Miedema formation enthalpy model with Toop model, the excess free-energy, enthalpies of formation, excess entropies and activity values of all components of Mg-A1-Y ternary alloy were calculated with computer programming. The experimental results show that enthalpies of formation, excess free- energy and excess entropies of the ternary alloy are negative in the whole content range, the minimum values at 1 123 K are all obtained at x_Al=55%, x_y=45%, X_Mg=0%, which are -37.969, -30.961 kJ/mol and -6.24 J/（mol-k） respectively. Activity curves show that the activity values of A1 and Y in Mg-A1-Y ternary alloy rapidly decrease with the decrease of molar fraction, the values of which are very small when the molar fraction decreases to 0.4. It means that there is a strong interaction between A1 and Y and stable compounds can be form in the Mg-A1-Y ternary alloy system.
The thermodynamics and kinetics of the reaction between Titanium powder and 7075 aluminum alloy were investigated to assess the possibility of preparing TiA1J7075 composites by in-situ synthesis method. Results show that Ti and A1 melt can form TiA13 spontaneously, which is considered as a reinforced phase of the matrix. Measurements such as XRD, SEM, and EDX were performed to characterize the as-synthesized samples, and results confirmed the formation of TiA13 in aluminum matrix composites. The reactive kinetics was controlled by three main factors, which are the system temperature, particle size of Ti, and the thickness of external diffusion layer.
