Behavior of silicon impurity during plasma alloying of aluminum with boron

Grigory N. Churilov^ab, Nikita S. Nikolaev^a, Natalia G. Vnukova^ba, Gariy A. Glushenko^a, Vladislav A. Lopatin^a, Victoria I. Elesina^ba, Victoria G. Isakova^a, Andrey N. Loktev<sup>ba

a</sup> Kirensky Institute of Physics, Federal Research Center KSC SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
^b Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation

Abstract: The paper presents the results of obtaining an Al-B alloy by treating aluminum ingots with boron in an arc discharge plasma (66 kHz). It was established that the proposed method of plasma alloying allows, on one hand, to move impurities from the inner part of the monolith to the peripheral area, and on the other hand, to uniformly introduce boron into the aluminum monolith.

Keywords: aluminum, boron, plasma alloying.

UDC: 669; 533.9.03

Received: 10.04.2025
Received in revised form: 27.05.2025
Accepted: 24.06.2025

Language: English