A turbine engine includes an airfoil made of an aluminum-rare earth element alloy.
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1. A turbine engine comprising: an engine core passage and an engine bypass passage defined by a bypass passage outer case extending around the engine core passage;a cast fan situated at an inlet of the engine bypass passage such that rotation of the cast fan moves air through the engine bypass pass
1. A turbine engine comprising: an engine core passage and an engine bypass passage defined by a bypass passage outer case extending around the engine core passage;a cast fan situated at an inlet of the engine bypass passage such that rotation of the cast fan moves air through the engine bypass passage;a compressor within the engine core passage;a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor; anda turbine within the engine core passage and in fluid communication with the combustor, the turbine being operative to drive the cast fan,wherein the cast fan includes an airfoil made of an aluminum-rare earth element alloy, and the aluminum-rare earth element alloy has a composition of approximately 1.0 to 20.0% by weight of a first rare earth element selected from a group consisting of ytterbium and gadolinium, approximately 0.1 to 10.0% by weight of at least one second rare earth element selected from a group consisting of gadolinium, erbium and yttrium if said first rare earth element is ytterbium or a group consisting of ytterbium, erbium and yttrium if said first rare earth element is gadolinium and a balance of aluminum, and a plurality of insoluble particles of aluminum and the first rare earth element. 2. The turbine engine as recited in claim 1, wherein the first rare earth element is the ytterbium. 3. The turbine engine as recited in claim 1, wherein the first rare earth element is the ytterbium and the at least one second rare earth element is yttrium. 4. The turbine engine as recited in claim 3, including 14.0-15.0% by weight of the ytterbium and approximately 4% by weight of the yttrium. 5. The turbine engine as recited in claim 1, wherein the first rare earth element is the gadolinium. 6. The turbine engine as recited in claim 1, wherein the first rare earth element is the gadolinium and the second rare earth element is yttrium. 7. The turbine engine as recited in claim 6, including 13.0-16.0% by weight of the gadolinium and approximately 4% by weight of the yttrium. 8. The turbine engine as recited in claim 1, wherein the aluminum-rare earth alloy has a plurality of insoluble particles of aluminum and a rare earth element, and the insoluble particles are dispersoids that do not coarsen up to 500° C. 9. The turbine engine as recited in claim 1, wherein the composition includes less than 5% by weight of the at least one second rare earth element. 10. The turbine engine as recited in claim 1, wherein the composition includes at least one minor alloy element selected from a group consisting of copper, zinc, silver, manganese, magnesium, tin, titanium, cobalt or calcium. 11. The turbine engine as recited in claim 10, wherein the composition consists of approximately 1.0 to 20.0% by weight of the first rare earth element, approximately 0.1 to 10.0% by weight of the at least one second rare earth element, approximately 1.0-15.0% by weight of the at least one minor alloy element and the balance of aluminum. 12. The turbine engine as recited in claim 11, wherein the at least one minor alloy element is selected from a group consisting of manganese, tin, titanium, cobalt or calcium. 13. The turbine engine as recited in claim 11, wherein the composition has a plurality of the minor alloy elements each in an amount of approximately 0.1% to 6% by individual weight and a combined amount of the minor alloy elements is approximately 1.0-15.0% by weight. 14. The turbine engine as recited in claim 11, wherein the composition has approximately 14.0-15.0% by weight of the ytterbium and approximately 4% by weight of the yttrium. 15. The turbine engine as recited in claim 11, wherein the composition has approximately 13.0-16.0% by weight of the gadolinium and approximately 4% by weight of the yttrium. 16. The turbine engine as recited in claim 11, wherein the composition has less than 5% by weight of the at least one second rare earth element. 17. The turbine engine as recited in claim 10, wherein the composition includes a plurality of the minor alloy elements each in an amount of approximately 0.1% to 6% by individual weight and a combined amount of the minor alloy elements is approximately 1.0-15.0% by weight. 18. The turbine engine as recited in claim 1, wherein the composition includes at least one minor alloy element selected from a group consisting of manganese, tin, titanium, cobalt or calcium. 19. The turbine engine as recited in claim 1, wherein the insoluble particles of aluminum and the first rare earth element are eutectic. 20. The turbine engine as recited in claim 1, wherein the composition includes at least two minor alloy elements selected from a group consisting of copper, zinc, silver, manganese, magnesium, tin, titanium, cobalt and calcium, and each of the minor alloy elements being present in the composition in an amount of 0.1% to 6% by individual weight, and a combined amount of all of the minor alloy elements is 1.0-15.0% by weight.
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