This invention provides a novel as-cast aluminum
alloy and its preparation method, belonging to the technical field of aluminum-based high-temperature materials. The method uses Al, Nb, and W
metal blocks with a purity of 99.95% as raw materials, and designs the composition based on an Al-Nb-W ternary
system, comprising Al 49–88 at.%, Nb 3–44 at.%, and W 2–14 at.% by atomic percentage, with the balance being unavoidable impurities. By selecting compositional combinations corresponding to different
stable phase regions, two-phase structures (Al3Nb+AlNb2), three-phase structures (Al3Nb+AlNb2+Al4W), or three-phase structures (Al3Nb+AlNb2+bcc(Nb,W)) are formed under as-cast conditions. During the preparation process,
vacuum arc melting is performed under
argon protection, followed by 10–15
ingot-turning melting cycles, and cooling in a water-cooled
copper crucible to obtain the as-cast
alloy ingot. Characterization analysis confirms the phase regions corresponding to different compositions, and the Al, Nb, and W contents are optimized accordingly to achieve a stable
intermetallic compound multiphase structure in the as-cast state. The as-cast structure of this invention exhibits good
thermal stability under high-temperature conditions, making it suitable for applications such as high-temperature wear-resistant parts,
corrosion-resistant parts, and
coating substrates.