scholarly journals Investigation of the Effect of Heat Treatment on the Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Al-13Si-5Cu-2Ni Alloy

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 688
Author(s):  
Zhi-Fa Wang ◽  
Tian-Jing Miao ◽  
Shu-Qing Kou ◽  
Shuang Zhang ◽  
Feng Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Solid Solution ◽  
Cast Alloy ◽  
Eutectic Silicon ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
Aging Treatment ◽  
Solution Treatment Temperature ◽  
Solid Solution Treatment ◽  
Microstructures And Mechanical Properties

An experimental investigation was carried out to study the effects of solid solution treatment and aging treatment on the microstructures and mechanical properties of an Al-13Si-5Cu-2Ni alloy. The results show that the size of eutectic silicon decreased with solid solution treatment temperature increasing until 510 °C. Subsequently, the eutectic silicon size continued to increase as the temperature increased to 520 °C. Initially, the acicular eutectic silicon of the as-cast alloy was 10.1 μm in size. After the solid solution treatment at 510 °C, the eutectic silicon size was reduced to 6.5 μm. The θ′ phase is the main strengthening phase in the alloy, therefore, the effect of aging treatment on θ′ phases was explored. As the aging time increased, the diameter, length, and fraction volume of the θ′ phases were found to increase. The main reason for the improved performance of this alloy following heat treatment is the passivation spheroidization of the silicon phase and Orowan strengthening due to the θ′ phases. The optimal tensile strength of an Al-13Si-5Cu-2Ni alloy was obtained after solid solution treatment at 510 °C for 8 h followed by an aging treatment at 165 °C for 8 h. Therefore, this work has great significance for promoting the application of Al alloys at high temperatures.

Influence of Yttrium and Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of AM60 Alloy

2011 ◽  
Vol 194-196 ◽  
pp. 1319-1325
Author(s):  
Zheng Tian ◽  
Zhan Yi Cao ◽  
Jian Meng
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Solid Solution ◽  
Yield Strength ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
Aging Treatment ◽  
Hardness Measurement ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Solid Solution Treatment ◽  
Yttrium Addition

The effect of yttrium addition and heat treatment on the mechanical properties and microstructure of AM60 magnesium alloy have been investigated using X-ray phase analysis, microstructure investigation, tensile test, hardness measurement and fracture surfaces analysis. The results showed that the mechanical properties of the alloys were obviously improved with the addition of yttrium no more than 1.0%. The reinforcement of the alloys resulted from the appearance of Al2Y phase. After solid-solution treatment (T4), the Mg17Al12 phase almost dissolved in Mg matrix, but the rare earth compounds Al2Y phase was rather stable. The ultimate tensile strength σb was improved, but the yield strength σ0.2 and elongation δ were only slightly changed. After solid-solution + aging treatment (T6), the Mg17Al12 phase precipitated again and their morphology was changed. The yield strength σ0.2 was improved.

Effects of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Rolled AM50+xCa Magnesium Alloys

2005 ◽  
Vol 488-489 ◽  
pp. 257-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianguo Peng ◽  
Qu Dong Wang ◽  
Man Ping Liu ◽  
Yongjun Chen ◽  
Wen Jiang Ding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Solid Solution ◽  
Tensile Properties ◽  
Magnesium Alloys ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
Aging Treatment ◽  
Secondary Phase ◽  
Solid Solution Treatment ◽  
Microstructure And Mechanical Properties

Effects of solution and aging treatment on microstructure and mechanical properties of rolled AM50+xCa alloys(x=0, 1, 2 wt. %) were studied. The results indicated that, with increasing solution time i, the secondary phase Mg17Al12 was dissolved into the Mg matrix and Al2Ca became thinner and shorter, then gradually broken and spheroidized.With an increase of aging time, Mg17Al12 precipitated from the Mg matrix in the form of particles and Al2Ca changed a little. After solution treatment, hardness and tensile properties of the alloy’s decreased. After the aging treatment, the alloy’s hardness increased first and decreased later while the tensile properties increased little. The solution and aging treatment can increase the ductility of AM50 and AM50+1Ca alloys. For AM50+2Ca alloy, the ductility increased after solid solution treatment and decreased after aging treatment.

Effect of Boron Addition on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of AZ84 Mg Alloy

2016 ◽  
Vol 879 ◽  
pp. 653-658
Author(s):  
Ju Hyun Won ◽  
Seok Hong Min ◽  
Tae Kwon Ha
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Solid Solution ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
Treatment Temperature ◽  
Mg Alloy ◽  
Solution Treatment Temperature ◽  
Solid Solution Treatment ◽  
Microstructure And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Peak Aging ◽  
Aging Kinetics

Effect of B addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of AZ84 Mg alloy was investigated in this study. Through calculation of phase equilibria of AZ84 Mg alloy, carried out by using FactSage® and FTLite database, solution treatment temperature was decided as temperature of 330oC, where supersaturated solid solution can be obtained. Solid solution treatment of AZ84 Mg alloy was successfully conducted at 330oC and supersaturated microstructure with all almost all phases resolved into matrix was obtained. After solution treatment, hot rolling was successfully conducted by reduction of 60%. Compression and tension tests were carried out at room temperature on the samples in as-cast, solution treated, hot-rolled and subsequently recrystallized states. After solid solution treatment, each alloy was soaked at temperatures of 180 and 200oC for time intervals from 1 min to 48 hrs and hardness of each condition was measured by micro-Vickers method. Peak aging conditions were deduced as at the temperature of 200 oC for 10 hrs for ZA84 Mg alloy. By addition of boron, aging kinetics was expedited and strength was enhanced.

Effect of Heat Treatment on the Properties of Inconel X-750

2005 ◽  
Vol 297-300 ◽  
pp. 1220-1222
Author(s):  
Shi Chang Cheng ◽  
Zhao Jie Lin ◽  
Gang Yang ◽  
Zheng Dong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Solid Solution ◽  
Impact Toughness ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
Heat Treatments ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Solid Solution Treatment ◽  
Different Temperatures

The authors experimentally investigated the change of mechanical properties of Inconel X-750 alloy under various heat treatments. For the selected specimens, solid solution treatment under different temperatures was carried out, followed air cooling or furnace cooling. Results show that suitable solid solution treatment and air cooling enhances the strength, plasticity, impact toughness at room temperature of the alloy and lowers the hardness of the alloy at room temperature.

Comparative Study on the Properties of CuCoBe Alloy and CuNiCoBe Alloy

2014 ◽  
Vol 988 ◽  
pp. 145-150
Author(s):  
Jian Chen ◽  
Ming Zhang ◽  
Dong Yang ◽  
Huan Liang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Solid Solution ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Treatment Temperature ◽  
Solution Treatment Temperature ◽  
Solid Solution Treatment ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Melting Technique ◽  
Different Temperatures

CuNiCoBe alloy and CuCoBe alloy were cast by the vacuum inductive melting technique, and were heat treated under certain parameters. By using optical microscope, sclerometer and conductivity meter, the properties of two alloys were investigated after heat treatment. Experimental results show that the process of 980 °C for solid solution and three hours of aging at 450 °C is the best heat treatment for CuCoBe alloy, while 960 °C is the best solid solution treatment temperature for CuNiCoBe alloy with the same aging measures. Ni is beneficial to improve the hardness and conductivity of alloys, and CuNiCoBe alloy has better strength, hardness and conductivity than CuCoBe alloy at different temperatures, and two alloys all have a conductivity mutation increase near 450 °C. CuNiCoBe alloy and CuCoBe alloy soften respectively at 464 °C and 471 °C.

Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of AJ62 Magnesium Alloy with Y and Nd Elements

2011 ◽  
Vol 686 ◽  
pp. 253-259
Author(s):  
Xu Ning ◽  
Wei Dong Xie ◽  
Chun Mei Dang ◽  
Xiao Dong Peng ◽  
Yan Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Solid Solution ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Rare Earth ◽  
Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
Solid Solution Treatment ◽  
Microstructure And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Microstructures And Mechanical Properties

A series of Mg-6Al-2Sr-1.5Y-xNd (x=0, 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2) alloy samples were prepared and their microstructures were observed and mechanical properties were measured. The existing forms of Y and Nd were studied. The effects of Y and Nd on microstructure and mechanical properties of AJ62 alloy were investigated. The results show that the main existing forms of Y and Nd in AJ62 alloy are Al2Y and Al2Nd. The combined addition of rare earth Y and Nd can refine α-Mg matrix obviously and reduce the amount of the β-Mg17Al12phases; after solid solution treatment, the tensile strength of the alloys rise first and fall later with increasing content of Nd. When the content of Nd is about 0.6%wt, the values of tensile strengthes are up to the maximum both at room temperature and at 448 K.

scholarly journals Development of Hot-Extruded Mg–RE–Zn Alloy Bar with High Mechanical Properties

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zehua Li ◽  
Jinghuai Zhang ◽  
Yan Feng ◽  
Jinshu Xie ◽  
Yinfu Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Solid Solution ◽  
Elevated Temperature ◽  
Basal Plane ◽  
Cast Alloy ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
Hot Extrusion ◽  
Tensile Yield Strength ◽  
Elevated Temperature Strength ◽  
Solid Solution Treatment

A new elevated-temperature high-strength Mg–4Er–2Y–3Zn–0.4Mn (wt %) alloy was developed by semi-continuous casting, solid solution treatment, and hot extrusion. W phase (Mg3(Er,Y)2Zn3) with fcc structure, long period stacking ordered phases with 18R (Mg10(Er,Y)1Zn1) and 14H (Mg12(Er,Y)1Zn1) structures, and basal plane stacking faults (SFs) was formed in the as-cast alloy, mainly due to the alloy component of (Er + Y)/Zn = 1:1 and Er/Y = 1:1 (at %). After solid solution treatment and hot extrusion, the novel microstructure feature formed in as-extruded alloy is the high number-density nanospaced basal plane SFs throughout all the dynamically recrystallized (DRXed) and un-DRXed grains, which has not been previously reported. The as-extruded alloy exhibits superior tensile properties from room temperature to 300 °C. The tensile yield strength can be maintained above 250 MPa at 300 °C. The excellent elevated-temperature strength is mainly ascribed to the formation of nanospaced basal plane SFs throughout the whole Mg matrix, fine DRXed grains ~2 μm in size, and strongly basal-textured un-DRXed grains with profuse substructures. The results provide new opportunities for the development of deformed Mg alloys with satisfactory mechanical properties for high-temperature services.

Effects of Solid-Solution Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of HIP Treated Alloy 718

2011 ◽  
Vol 117-119 ◽  
pp. 1315-1318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih Hsien Chang ◽  
Shih Chin Lee ◽  
Kuo Tsung Huang ◽  
Cheng Liang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Solid Solution ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Thin Sheet ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
Aging Treatment ◽  
Solution Temperature ◽  
Alloy 718 ◽  
Solid Solution Treatment ◽  
Treatment Parameter

The aim of this study is to explore alloy 718 that treated at an optimal HIP process, and then imposed various solid-solution temperatures and aging treatment. The experimental results indicated that Laves and δ precipitations obviously appeared within the grain boundary, under HIP treatment and lower solid-solution temperatures (940°C), which would result in poor mechanical properties. However, Laves and δ phase can be completely dissolved at 1020°C 1 hour solid-solution treatment. The tensile strength was increased to 1331.5 MPa, and elongation reached up to 6.1% under a 1020°C solid-solution and aging treatment. Increasing the solid-solution temperature to 1060°C would cause parts of the NbC to dissolve, thus a large number of the thin sheet-shaped NbC would appear in the solid-solution and aging specimen. The yield stress is slight increase, but a lot of NbC precipitations will result in the decreasing tensile strength (1298.8 MPa) and elongation (5.4%). As a result, the optimal solid-solution treatment parameter of alloy 718 is 1020°C for 1-hour.

scholarly journals Mechanical Properties Enhancement of Al-Si-Cu-Fe Alloy Through Aging Treatment Variations

Metalurgi ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Moch Iqbal Zaelana Muttahar ◽  
Shinta Virdhian ◽  
Purbaja Adi Putra ◽  
Dagus Resmana Djuanda ◽  
Eva Afrilinda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Solid Solution ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Artificial Aging ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
Aging Treatment ◽  
Hardness Test ◽  
Single Stage ◽  
Solid Solution Treatment

Al-Si alloys are being widely used as main engine components replacing iron in several parts in the automotive industry. Some of its mechanical properties were a reference in its alloy utilization. In this research, the heat treatment carried out on the specimen included solid solution treatment and the artificial aging process for aluminium alloys. Test pieces were heated on the furnace with a solid solution treatment process at 540 ° C with holding time around 5 hours and quenched at 60 °C with water quenchant, followed by 3 different aging treatment which included single-stage aging, artificial aging with pre-aged, and double stage aging. Tests carried out by hardness test, tensile strength test, impact test, metallographic and Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) observations. The results of this research showed the differences in phase constituent and morphology microconstituents due to variations of aging. The difference of each treatment could be seen in the morphology of the precipitate that is dispersed, rounded and needle-like shaped, this phase can influence the mechanical properties of Al-Si-Cu alloys. The results of mechanical testing show the highest hardness was obtained by double stage aging treatment 161.27 HRB. The highest tensile strength occurs in specimens with a single-stage aging treatment of 202.56 MPa. The highest impact resistance occurred in samples with the pre-aging treatment of 18.6 J.

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