Effect of Solution Treatment Temperature on Tensile Strength of Al-Mg-Si Alloy

2015 ◽  
Vol 819 ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamsul Baharin Jamaludin ◽  
Mohd Hanif Abdullah ◽  
Mohd Noor Mazlee ◽  
Kamarudin Hussin

This work examines the effect of solution heat treatment temperature on the tensile strength of Al-Mg-Si aluminum alloy. All samples were machined according to the ASTM B557. The samples were solution treated at 450°C and 530°C and followed by ageing at 160°C for 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 hours. Tensile test was carried out on the samples after heat treatment. The results showed that the highest tensile strengths (201.69 MPa) was given by the sample solution heat treated at 530 °C for 5 hours followed by 20 hours aging at 160 °C. Whereas, the lowest tensile strength (98.52MPa) was given by the sample solution treated at 450°C for 20 hours. Tensile strength was increased with ageing process and decreased for over-aged samples.

2011 ◽  
Vol 339 ◽  
pp. 714-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siriwan Pannaray ◽  
Sirikul Wisutmethangoon ◽  
Thawatchai Plookphol ◽  
Jessada Wannasin

The aim of this study is to determine the appropriate solution treatment temperature and time of semi solid 2024 Al alloy. Solution heat treatment at 450°C and 480 °C for various times, from 4 hours to 16 hrs, were applied followed by artificial aging at 220 °C for 1 hr. Microstructure of the semi solid cast 2024 aluminum alloy mainly showed globular grain structure which consisted of matrix-α (Al) and grain boundary (GB) - eutectic phases (α+Al2CuMg/Al2Cu). Eutectic GB phases was found to completely dissolved after solution heat treatment at 480°C for 14 hrs while sample solution treated at 450°C for the same time showed the existence of remaining GB phases. Prolonging heat treatment after 14 hrs at both temperatures resulted in the formation of coarse black particles at the grain boundaries which were identified as Mg2Si phases. Therefore the suitable solution treatment of the alloy in this study was at 480°C for 14 hrs.


2014 ◽  
Vol 988 ◽  
pp. 145-150
Author(s):  
Jian Chen ◽  
Ming Zhang ◽  
Dong Yang ◽  
Huan Liang

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.


2013 ◽  
Vol 376 ◽  
pp. 163-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud M. Tash ◽  
S. Alkahtani

The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of Thermo-mechanical Treatment (TMT) on aging and hardness of Al-Mg-Si (6082) alloys. The effect of cold work after solution treatment, aging time and temperature on the microstructure and hardness were studied. Hardness measurements were carried out on specimens prepared from 6082 alloys in the as solution treated specimens and heat-treated conditions, using different cold work percentage before aging treatment. Aging treatments were carried out for the as solution treated specimens (after quenching in water) as well as for the as cold worked specimens (after solution treatment and quenching in water). The specimens were aged at different conditions; Natural aging was carried out at room temperature for different periods of time. Artificial aging was performed at 100 °C, 150 °C, and 200 °C for various times. It is noticed that cold work, following solution treatment, accelerates the precipitation rate leading to a rise in strength.A statistical design of experiments (DOE) approach using fractional factorial design was applied to determine the influence of controlling variables of cold work and heat treatment parameters and any interactions between them on the hardness of 6082 alloys. A mathematical model is developed to relate the alloy hardness with the different metallurgical parameters i.e. Cold work prior solution heat treatment (CWBSHT), Cold work after solution heat treatment (CWASHT), Pre-aging Temperature (PA T0C), Pre-aging time (PA t h), Aging temperature (AT0C), Aging time (At h), Cold work after aging treatment (CWAAT), Annealing temperature (An.T0C) and Annealing time (An.t min) to acquire an understanding of the effects of these variables and their interactions on the hardness of Al-Mg-Si 6082 alloys.


2015 ◽  
Vol 754-755 ◽  
pp. 619-623
Author(s):  
Darus Murizam ◽  
Shamsul Baharin Jamaludin ◽  
Jamil Noorina Hidayu ◽  
Che Pa Faizul ◽  
Mohd Zaki Ruhiyuddin ◽  
...  

The effect of different solution heat treatment temperature on the mechanical property and silicon morphology was investigated by hardness test and microstructural analysis. The samples of A319 alloy were solution heat treated at three different temperatures (495°C, 510°C and 525°C) followed by artificial ageing at 180°C. The ageing kinetic was accelerated and peak aged gave the lowest value for the samples solution treated at the highest solution treatment temperature (525°C). This result was due to the fragmentation and spherodization of the silicon particles morphologies in the microstructure of the samples.


2010 ◽  
Vol 89-91 ◽  
pp. 377-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mineta ◽  
Shigenobu Namba ◽  
Takashi Yoneda ◽  
Kyosuke Ueda ◽  
Takayuki Narushima

Microstructural changes occurring in biomedical Co-Cr-Mo alloys with three carbon levels due to solution treatment and aging were investigated. Ingots of Co-Cr-Mo alloys with three different carbon levels were prepared by vacuum furnace melting; their chemical composition was Co-28Cr-6Mo-xC (x = 0.12, 0.25 and 0.35 mass%). Precipitates were electrolytically extracted from as-cast and heat-treated alloys. An M23C6 type carbide and a phase were detected as precipitates in as-cast Co-28Cr-6Mo-0.12C alloy, and an M23C6 type carbide and an  phase (M6C-M12C type carbide) were detected in as-cast Co-28Cr-6Mo-0.25C and Co-28Cr-6Mo-0.35C alloys. Only the M23C6 type carbide was detected during solution treatment. Complete precipitate dissolution occurred in all the three alloys after solution treatment. The holding time required for complete precipitate dissolution increased with increasing carbon content and decreasing solution treatment temperature. Complete precipitate dissolution occurred in the Co-Cr-Mo-C alloys solution treated at 1523 K for 43.2 ks; they were then subjected to aging from 873 to 1473 K for a heating time up to 44.1 ks after complete precipitate dissolution in solution treatment at 1523 K for 43.2 ks. The M23C6 type carbide with a grain size of 0.1–3 m was observed after aging. A time-temperature-precipitation diagram of the M23C6 type carbide formed in the Co-28Cr-6Mo-0.25C alloy was plotted.


2013 ◽  
Vol 690-693 ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
Feng Wang ◽  
Zhi Wang ◽  
Zheng Liu ◽  
Ping Li Mao

In this paper, developed a non-aluminum die casting magnesium alloys were studied based on Mg-xGd-Y-Zr(x=6, 8, 12 wt.%)alloys in cold chamber press. The microstructures and mechanical properties of die casting GWK alloys have been investigated using OM, SEM, XRD, EDS and mechanical property test. The experimental results show that with increasing Gd content of Mg-xGd-Y-Zr alloys, the tensile strength increase, but elongation decrease. In particular, die casting GWK alloys after short-term and low-temperature solid solution treatment (T4) have a small variation in grain size and more uniform microstructures, and the second phases distribute at the grain boundaries in form of discontinuous rod shape or granule shape, which result in an obvious improvement in tensile mechanical properties of alloys. The Mg-12Gd-3Y-0.5Zr die casting alloy exhibit maximum tensile strength after solution heat treatment, and the value is 269MPa at room temperature. The effect of solution heat treatment on die casting Mg-xGd-Y-Zr alloys was also discussed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 488-489 ◽  
pp. 243-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saowalak Kongiang ◽  
Thawatchai Plookphol ◽  
Jessada Wannasin ◽  
Sirikul Wisutmethangoon

Effect of the two-step solution heat treatment on the microstructure of semisolid cast 7075 aluminium alloy has been studied. The microstructure of the as-cast specimens mainly consisted of matrix-α (Al) and grain boundary (GB)-eutectic phase (α-Al + Mg(Zn,Cu,Al)2). After solution treating, coarse black particles were found to form in the single-step solution treated specimens at the condition of 450 °C for 8 h and 480 °C for 1 h, respectively. Two-step solution heat treatment resulted in the reduction of coarse black particle formation while maintaining the same amount of eutectic MgZn2phase dissolution as the high temperature single-step solution treatment. Therefore, the two-step solution heat treatment enables alloying elements dissolved into the matrix without overheating and hence decreases coarse black particles. The optimum two-step solution heat treatment condition derived from this study was 400 °C for 8 h + 450 °C for 4 h.


2016 ◽  
Vol 867 ◽  
pp. 19-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itsaree Iewkitthayakorn ◽  
Somjai Janudom ◽  
Narissara Mahathaninwong

This research focused on the effect of solution heat treated microstructures on anodic oxide formations of casting 7075 Al alloy. The casting specimens were solution heat treated at 450°C for various holding. The results showed that the quality of anodic oxide film on the specimen with 4h solution heat treatment time was higher than that of at other conditions. Because its microstructures obtained the lowest amounts of secondary phase particles leading to improve the quality of oxide film and also reduce defects in oxide film. On the other hand, coarse black particles of Mg2Si formed increasingly in microstructures of specimens after solution treatment at prolong holding time of 8h and 16h resulted in discontinues oxide films forming on them.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (19) ◽  
pp. 5738
Author(s):  
Nidal Alshwawreh ◽  
Baider Alhamarneh ◽  
Qutaiba Altwarah ◽  
Shamel Quandour ◽  
Shadi Barghout ◽  
...  

Thermal processing of all aluminum alloy conductors (AAAC) is an important step that is performed to enhance the electrical and mechanical properties after the drawing process. In these 6xxx alloys, mechanical strength and electrical conductivity are normally two mutually exclusive properties. With the increased demand for high performance power conductors, it is important to understand and control microstructural evolution processes (e.g., recovery and the formation of nanoscale precipitates) in these alloys for better electrical and mechanical characteristics. In this study, heat treatment was performed on as-drawn 6201 AAAC wire conductors. The variations in tensile strength and electrical resistivity were quantitatively studied as a function of both the treatment temperature and holding time. Two wire diameters commonly used in the manufacturing of medium and high voltage power cables were used: 1.7 mm and 3.5 mm. From the obtained data, significant changes in the electrical resistivity and tensile strength were observed with increasing the treatment time. For both wire diameters, it was observed that the correlation between strength and resistivity can be described by a simple exponential relationship. This link could be useful in predicting mechanical strength by monitoring electrical resistivity variations during industrial heat treatment of AAAC wire conductors.


Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin He ◽  
Qinglin Pan ◽  
Hang Li ◽  
Zhiqi Huang ◽  
Shuhui Liu ◽  
...  

Three different aging treatments including single-aging, delayed-aging, and pre-aging were carried out on 6082 extruded profiles after solution heat treatment, then their hardness, tensile strength, and microstructure were tested. The experimental results reveal that the properties and microstructure changes during single-aging. Based on this, the negative effects of room temperature delay and the results of short-term pre-aging treatments used in the experiment to improve this phenomenon have been concluded.


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