scholarly journals Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of the 2195 Al-Li Alloy via Different Annealing and Ramp Heating-Up Treatments

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tian-Le Liu ◽  
Jin-Feng Li ◽  
Dan-Yang Liu ◽  
Yun-Long Ma

In this paper, the microstructure evolution of the 2195 Al-Li alloy under different isothermal annealing schedules and ramp heating-up heat treatments prior to solution heat treatment and the tensile properties of the aging alloy were investigated. The grain structure characteristics of the aging alloy could be influenced by the change of different heat treatment schedules prior to the solution heat treatment. Meanwhile, the mechanical properties of the aging alloy including strength, heterogeneity, and anisotropy were closely related to the grain structure characteristics. There were evident differences in the mechanical properties of aging samples, attributed to the mutual effect of grain structure evolution and texture change. Annealing at a lower temperature (300–350 °C) resulted in the growth of the grain size and the aspect ratio as well as the decrease of the deformation texture components, related to the decline of the strength and the heterogeneity. While grains refined and the deformation texture components increased as the annealing temperature rose (350–400 °C), the strength along the transverse direction decreased, and the heterogeneity increased. Fibrous and overall texture components significantly strengthened in the grain structure of aging samples treated with the low heating-up rate, resulting in a higher strength in the longitudinal direction.

2013 ◽  
Vol 765 ◽  
pp. 496-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawid Kapinos ◽  
Marcin Szymanek ◽  
Bogusław Augustyn ◽  
Maciej Gawlik

The article presents the change in mechanical properties of AlZn9Mg2.5Cu1.8 alloy resulting from the process of solution heat treatment and aging. The heat treatment was performed on a unique UMSA (Universal Metallurgical Simulator and Analyzer) device. The aim of the study was to determine optimum heat treatment parameters for the tested alloy of ultrafine grain structure obtained by Rapid Solidification (RS). To achieve this purpose, heat treatment to the T4 and T6 condition was carried out. The solution heat treatment was carried out at a constant temperature of 460 °C for 2 hours, while the time - temperature parameters of the aging process varied. The treatment undertaken resulted in improved mechanical properties.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1016 ◽  
pp. 137-144
Author(s):  
Pedro Akira Bazaglia Kuroda ◽  
Fernanda de Freitas Quadros ◽  
Mycaela Vieira Nascimento ◽  
Carlos Roberto Grandini

This paper deals with the study of the development, structural and microstructural characterization and, selected mechanical properties of Ti-25Ta-50Zr alloy for biomedical applications. The alloy was melted in an arc furnace and various solution heat treatments were performed to analyze the influence of the temperature and time on the structure, microstructure, microhardness and elastic modulus of the samples. The structural and microstructural results, obtained by X-ray diffraction and microscopy techniques, showed that the solution heat treatment performed at high temperatures induces the formation of the β phase, while solution heat treatment performed at low temperatures induces the formation of the α” and ω metastable phases. Regarding the effect of time, samples subjected to heat treatment for 6 hours have only the β phase, indicating that lengthy treatments suppress the α” phase. Regarding the hardness and elastic modulus, the alloy with the α” and ω phases, after treatment performed at a temperature of 500 °C, has a high hardness value and elastic modulus due to the presence of the ω phase that hardens and weakens alloys. The titanium alloys developed in this study have excellent mechanical properties results for use in the orthopedic area, better than many commercial materials such as cp-Ti, stainless steel and Co-Cr alloys.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 4223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Zhao ◽  
Shuchang Li ◽  
Fafa Yan ◽  
Zhimin Zhang ◽  
Yaojin Wu

Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of AZ80 Mg alloy during annular channel angular extrusion (350 °C) and heat treatment with varying parameters were investigated, respectively. The results showed that dynamic recrystallization of Mg grains was developed and the dendritic eutectic β-Mg17Al12 phases formed during the solidification were broken into small β-phase particles after hot extrusion. Moreover, a weak texture with two dominant peaks formed owing to the significant grain refinement and the enhanced activation of pyramidal <c + a> slip at relative high temperature. The tension tests showed that both the yield strength and ultimate tensile strength of the extruded alloy were dramatically improved owing to the joint strengthening effect of fine grain and β-phase particles as compared with the homogenized sample. The solution treatment achieved the good plasticity of the alloy resulting from the dissolution of β-phases and the development of more equiaxed grains, while the direct-aging process led to poor alloy elongation as a result of residual eutectic β-phases. After solution and aging treatment, simultaneous bonding strength and plasticity of the alloy were achieved, as a consequence of dissolution of coarse eutectic β-phases and heterogeneous precipitation of a large quantity of newly formed β-phases with both the morphologies of continuous and discontinuous precipitates.


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