Microstructure control always plays a key role in enhancing properties of high-strength Al alloys. Attempts to improve the microstructure of 7000 series alloys by addition of 1.0 wt% Li have been made for a long time,...Microstructure control always plays a key role in enhancing properties of high-strength Al alloys. Attempts to improve the microstructure of 7000 series alloys by addition of 1.0 wt% Li have been made for a long time, but unsystematically. This article compares the microstructural features of 1.0 wt% Li-containing A1-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy with those of Li-free Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy by using differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) techniques, Vickers microhardness and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results show the dominance of Guinier Preston (GP) zones, η' or η phases in 1.0 wt% Li-containing Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy, and confirm the capability of Li to retard the rate of precipitates growth and coarsening.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (51690163)National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFB0701304,2016YFB0701303)+1 种基金Project to Strengthen Industrial Development at the Grass-Roots Level (TC160A310/19)Shanghai Rising—star Program(18QB1400600).
基金National Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20160291)the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(17KJB430013)+1 种基金the fund of the State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing in NWPU(SKLSP201822)the Fund of the Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds(1701006B)
文摘Microstructure control always plays a key role in enhancing properties of high-strength Al alloys. Attempts to improve the microstructure of 7000 series alloys by addition of 1.0 wt% Li have been made for a long time, but unsystematically. This article compares the microstructural features of 1.0 wt% Li-containing A1-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy with those of Li-free Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy by using differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) techniques, Vickers microhardness and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results show the dominance of Guinier Preston (GP) zones, η' or η phases in 1.0 wt% Li-containing Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy, and confirm the capability of Li to retard the rate of precipitates growth and coarsening.