Grain growth of nanostructured Al6061produced by cryorolling and aging process was investigated during isothermalheat treatment in100?500°C temperature range.Transmission electron microscopy(TEM)observations demo...Grain growth of nanostructured Al6061produced by cryorolling and aging process was investigated during isothermalheat treatment in100?500°C temperature range.Transmission electron microscopy(TEM)observations demonstrate that aftercryorolling and aging at130°C for30h,the microstructure contains61nm grains with dispersed50?150nm precipitates and0.248%lattice strain.In addition,an increase in tensile strength up to362MPa because of formation of fine strengtheningprecipitation and nano-sized grains was observed.Thermal stability investigation within100?500°C temperature range showedrelease of lattice strain,dissolution of precipitates and grain growth.According to the X-ray diffraction(XRD)analysis,Mg2Siprecipitates disappeared after annealing at temperatures higher than300°C.According to the results,due to the limited grain growthup to200°C,there would be little decrease in mechanical properties,but within300?500°C range,the grain growth,dissolution ofstrengthening precipitates and decrease in mechanical properties are remarkable.The activation energies for grain growth werecalculated to be203.3kJ/mol for annealing at100?200°C and166.34kJ/mol for annealing at300?500°C.The effect ofprecipitation dissolution on Al lattice parameter,displacement of Al6061(111)XRD peak and Portevin?LeChatelier(PLC)effect onstress?strain curves is also discussed.展开更多
文摘Grain growth of nanostructured Al6061produced by cryorolling and aging process was investigated during isothermalheat treatment in100?500°C temperature range.Transmission electron microscopy(TEM)observations demonstrate that aftercryorolling and aging at130°C for30h,the microstructure contains61nm grains with dispersed50?150nm precipitates and0.248%lattice strain.In addition,an increase in tensile strength up to362MPa because of formation of fine strengtheningprecipitation and nano-sized grains was observed.Thermal stability investigation within100?500°C temperature range showedrelease of lattice strain,dissolution of precipitates and grain growth.According to the X-ray diffraction(XRD)analysis,Mg2Siprecipitates disappeared after annealing at temperatures higher than300°C.According to the results,due to the limited grain growthup to200°C,there would be little decrease in mechanical properties,but within300?500°C range,the grain growth,dissolution ofstrengthening precipitates and decrease in mechanical properties are remarkable.The activation energies for grain growth werecalculated to be203.3kJ/mol for annealing at100?200°C and166.34kJ/mol for annealing at300?500°C.The effect ofprecipitation dissolution on Al lattice parameter,displacement of Al6061(111)XRD peak and Portevin?LeChatelier(PLC)effect onstress?strain curves is also discussed.
