Two heat treatments of A356 alloys with combined addition of rare earth and strontium were conducted.T6 treatment is a long time treatment(solution at 535 ℃ for 4 h + aging at 150 ℃ for 15 h).The other treatment ...Two heat treatments of A356 alloys with combined addition of rare earth and strontium were conducted.T6 treatment is a long time treatment(solution at 535 ℃ for 4 h + aging at 150 ℃ for 15 h).The other treatment is a short time treatment(solution at 550 ℃ for 2 h + aging at 170 ℃ for 2 h).The effects of heat treatment on microstructure and tensile properties of the Al-7%Si-0.3%Mg alloys were investigated by optical microscopy,scanning electronic microscopy and tension test.It is found that a 2 h solution at 550 ℃ is sufficient to make homogenization and saturation of magnesium and silicon in α(Al) phase,spheroid of eutectic Si phase.Followed by solution,a 2 h artificial aging at 170 ℃ is almost enough to produce hardening precipitates.Those samples treated with T6 achieve the maximum tensile strength and fracture elongation.With short time treatment(ST),samples can reach 90% of the maximum yield strength,95% of the maximum strength,and 80% of the maximum elongation.展开更多
CuCrZr alloys were treated with the thermal stretch process at various temperatures from 100 to 300℃.The results reveal that the thermal stretch process is successfully developed to manufacture the precipitation hard...CuCrZr alloys were treated with the thermal stretch process at various temperatures from 100 to 300℃.The results reveal that the thermal stretch process is successfully developed to manufacture the precipitation hardening CuCrZr alloys with a good combination of microhardness and electrical conductivity.By increasing the tensile elongations at each temperature from 100 to 300℃,the microhardness increases whereas the electrical conductivity decreases slightly.Cr-containing precipitate phases with a Nishiyama-Wasserman orientation relationship to the copper matrix were observed by TEM.The achievement of high micro-hardness and acceptable electrical conductivity in the thermal stretch treated alloys is ascribed to the interactions of the heteroatom solution,dislocation increment,grain refinement and dispersive precipitation effect.展开更多
2A97 Al-Li alloy was processed by thermo-mechanical treatment at different pre-stretch deformations of 0, 3% and 6%. The microstrucatre observation results reveal that some δ' and T1 precipitates are found in a(Al...2A97 Al-Li alloy was processed by thermo-mechanical treatment at different pre-stretch deformations of 0, 3% and 6%. The microstrucatre observation results reveal that some δ' and T1 precipitates are found in a(Al) matrix of 2A97 alloy processed by the heat treatment with no pre-stretch deformation. When the pre-stretch deformation is 3% and 6%, respectively, amounts of tiny T1 and a few of S' precipitates precipitates are observed in the microstructures of 2A97 alloy. The tensile test results show that the tensile properties of 2A97 alloys are improved via thermo-mechanical treatment. When the pre-stretch deformation is from 0, 3% to 6%, the ultimate tensile strength values of the 2A97 alloys increase gradually from 447.7, 516.5 to 534.3 MPa, and the elongations decrease from 17.6%, 12.8% to 10.2%, respectively. Moreover, with increasing pre-stretch deformation amount from 0 to 6%, the in-plane anisotropy value of 2A97 alloys becomes more obvious.展开更多
Influence of thermomechanical treatments (mill annealing, duplex annealing, solution treatment plus aging and triple annealing) on microstructures and mechanical properties of TC4-DT titanium alloy was investigated....Influence of thermomechanical treatments (mill annealing, duplex annealing, solution treatment plus aging and triple annealing) on microstructures and mechanical properties of TC4-DT titanium alloy was investigated. Results showed that thermomechanical treatments had a significant influence on the microstructure parameters and higher annealing and aging temperature and lower cooling rate led to the decrease of the volume fraction of primaryαand the size of prior-βand the increase of the width of grain boundary αand secondary α. The highest strength was obtained by solution treatment and aging due to a large amount of transformedβand finer grain boundaryαand secondaryαat the expense of slight decrease of elongation and the ultimate strength, yield strength, elongation, reduction of area were 1100 MPa, 1030 MPa, 13%and 53%separately. A good combination of strength and ductility has been obtained by duplex annealing with the above values 940 MPa, 887.5 MPa, 15%and 51%respectively. Analysis between microstructure parameters and tensile properties showed that with the volume fraction of transformedβphase and the prior-βgrain size increasing, the ultimate strength, yield strength and reduction of area increased, but the elongation decreased. While the width of grain boundary α and secondary α showed a contrary effect on the tensile properties. Elimination of grain boundaryαas well as small prior-βgrain size can also improve ductility.展开更多
Tensile properties of a new α+Ti2Cu alloy after solid forging at 950 °C and semi-solid forging at 1 000 °C and 1 050 °C were investigated over the temperature range of 20-600 °C. The results reve...Tensile properties of a new α+Ti2Cu alloy after solid forging at 950 °C and semi-solid forging at 1 000 °C and 1 050 °C were investigated over the temperature range of 20-600 °C. The results reveal that high strength and low ductility are obtained in all semi-solid forged alloys. Tensile properties decrease as the semi-solid forging temperature increases, and cleavage fractures are observed after semi-solid forging at 1 050 °C. The variations in tensile properties are attributed to the coarse microstructures obtained in the semi-solid alloys. It is found that the elevated semi-solid temperatures lead to more liquid precipitates along the prior grain boundaries, which increases the peritectic precipitation and formation of Ti2Cu precipitation zones during re-solidification. Recrystallization heat treatment leads to fine microstructure of semi-solid forged alloys, resulting in improvement of tensile properties.展开更多
The effects of heat treatment on microstructure and tension property of Ni-Co film/Fe substrate systems were investigated. The deformation and fracture morphologies of Ni-Co films/Fe substrate systems were studied by ...The effects of heat treatment on microstructure and tension property of Ni-Co film/Fe substrate systems were investigated. The deformation and fracture morphologies of Ni-Co films/Fe substrate systems were studied by in-situ scanning electron microscopy(in-situ SEM)before and after heat treatment.The results show that a Ni-Co/Fe diffusion layer appears between the film and substrate after heat treatment;the elongation of film/substrate system increases with increasing the heat treatment temperature. Both the strength and ductility of the film/substrate system are preferable when heat treatment temperature is 650 o C,meanwhile the maximum elongation is up to 46%.During tensile deformation,the deformation behaviors of Ni-Co film/Fe substrate are quite different before and after heat treatment.The samples after heat treatment went through the progress of holes’emergence,growth and extension,whereas the samples without heat treatment accompanied with no holes,just cracked instead,showing that appropriate heat treatment is helpful to improve the toughness of material,and mechanical properties.展开更多
The effects of hot compression,hot rolling and post-rolling annealing on microstructure and tensile properties of Ti-6Al-4V were analyzed.Hot compression tests were conducted in the temperature range of 800-1 075 ...The effects of hot compression,hot rolling and post-rolling annealing on microstructure and tensile properties of Ti-6Al-4V were analyzed.Hot compression tests were conducted in the temperature range of 800-1 075 °C and at strain rates of 0.001-1 s-1,and the relations between the characteristic points of flow curve and processing variables were developed.Two passes of hot rolling test with total reduction of 75% were performed in the temperature range of 820-1 070 °C and at constant strain rate of 2 s-1.After hot rolling,some specimens were subjected to heat treatment at 870 °C and 920 °C for 2 h followed by air cooling.Hot rolling in beta phase field resulted in coarse beta grains transforming to martensite by cooling.Otherwise,rolling in the alpha/beta phase filed gave rise to a partially globularized alpha microstructure.The post-rolling heat treatment completed the partial globularization of alpha phase in two-phase region and otherwise broke down the martensitic structure of beta-rolled samples.Tensile tests showed that the strength characteristics as well as elongation decrease significantly with increasing the rolling temperature from the two-phase to the single-phase region.Increasing heat treatment temperature contributed to lower strength for the specimens rolled in two-phase region and higher strength characteristics for the beta-rolled specimens.展开更多
The FeCrNi alloy powders were used on the dovetail groove of FV520B steel to fabricate the multilayer laser cladding layers. The effects of heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties of FeCrNi laye...The FeCrNi alloy powders were used on the dovetail groove of FV520B steel to fabricate the multilayer laser cladding layers. The effects of heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties of FeCrNi layers were investigated. The results showed that the heat treatment at the temperature ranged from 1073 to 1273 K refined the grains of the substrate materials and removed the soft zone of hardness between the fused zone (FZ) and base material (BM) effectively mainly due to a secondary quench of heat treatment. When the temperature of heat treatment was 1073 K, the maximum ultimate tensile strength (UTS) values of the laser cladding component were obtained. However, the heat treatment at high temperature had a bad effect on wear resistance of coatings at some extent.展开更多
The effects of vacuum assistance on the microstructure and mechanical properties of high pressure die cast A390alloy at different slow shot speeds were evaluated.Plate-shaped specimens of hypereutectic A390aluminum al...The effects of vacuum assistance on the microstructure and mechanical properties of high pressure die cast A390alloy at different slow shot speeds were evaluated.Plate-shaped specimens of hypereutectic A390aluminum alloy were produced on a TOYO BD?350V5cold chamber die casting machine incorporated with a self-improved TOYO vacuum system.According to the results,the vacuum pressure inside the die cavity increased linearly with the increasing slow shot speed at the beginning of mold filling.Meanwhile,tensile properties of vacuum die castings were deteriorated by the porosity content.In addition,the average primary silicon size decreased from23to14μm when the slow shot speed increased from0.05to0.2m/s,which has a binary functional relationship with the slow shot speed.After heat treatment,microstructural morphologies revealed that needle-shaped and thin-flaked eutectic silicon particles became rounded while Al2Cu dissolved intoα(Al)matrix.Furthermore,the fractography revealed that the fracture mechanism has evolved from brittle transgranular fracture to a fracture mode with many dimples after heat treatment.展开更多
Mg-5Li-3Al-2Zn-xCe(x=0-2.5;mass fraction,%) alloys were prepared by casting,and heat treatments of homogenization at 300 °C and solid solution at 370 °C were carried out.The microstructure and tensile prop...Mg-5Li-3Al-2Zn-xCe(x=0-2.5;mass fraction,%) alloys were prepared by casting,and heat treatments of homogenization at 300 °C and solid solution at 370 °C were carried out.The microstructure and tensile properties of as-cast alloys and their evolutions after solid solution were investigated.The results show that with the increase of Ce content,Al2Ce/Al3Ce precipitates are formed and the alloys mainly consist of α-Mg,Al2Ce,Al3Ce and AlLi phases,and the amount of AlLi and Al-Ce intermetallics decreases after solid solution.The content and morphology of the second phases have important effects on the mechanical properties of the alloys;the alloy with 1.0%Ce content exhibits excellent tensile strength.The tensile strength and elongation of Mg-5Li-3Al-2Zn-0.5Ce alloy is remarkably improved by the solution strengthening effect because of the addition of Ce.展开更多
In recent years,certain foundry processes have made it possible to obtain products with very thin parts,below the4mmthreshold of the permanent mold casting technology.The safety margins of these castings have been red...In recent years,certain foundry processes have made it possible to obtain products with very thin parts,below the4mmthreshold of the permanent mold casting technology.The safety margins of these castings have been reduced,so the T6heattreatment conditions adopted for the Al?7Si?Mg alloys need to be investigated to identify the best combination of strength andductility.Furthermore,the cost and the production time associated with T6heat treatment have to be optimized.In the present work,an experimental study was carried out to optimize the solution treatment and artificial aging conditions in gravity cast thin bars ofB356aluminum alloy modified with Sr.Two solution temperatures were selected,530°C and550°C,respectively,with solutiontime ranging from2to8h,followed by water quenching and artificial aging at165°C with aging time from2to32h.The results ofhardness and tensile tests were correlated with differential scanning calorimetry(DSC)analysis.The best combination of mechanicalproperties and heat treatment duration was obtained with2h solutionizing at550°C and8h aging at165°C.DSC analysis showedthat the alloy’s mechanical properties reach the maximum value when theβ''phase is completely developed during the artificialaging.展开更多
To study the relationship between the microstructure and tensile properties of the novel metastable β titanium alloy Ti-5.5Cr-5Al-4Mo-3Nb-2Zr,a heat treatment process of ABFCA(solid solution in α+βregion with subse...To study the relationship between the microstructure and tensile properties of the novel metastable β titanium alloy Ti-5.5Cr-5Al-4Mo-3Nb-2Zr,a heat treatment process of ABFCA(solid solution in α+βregion with subsequent furnace cooling followed by aging treatment finally)was designed,by which α phases of different sizes can be precipitated in the β matrix.The results show that the microstructure obtained by this heat treatment process is composed of primary α(α_(p))phase,submicro rod-like α(α_(r))phase and secondary α(α_(s))phase.The alloy with multi-scale α phase has an excellent balance between strength and ductility.The elongation is about 18.3% at the ultimate tensile strength of 1125.4 MPa.The relationship between the strength of the alloy and the α phase was established.The strength of the alloy is proportional to the power of‒1/2 of the average spacing and width of α phase.The α_(s) phase with a smaller size and phase spacing can greatly improve the strength of the alloy by hindering dislocation slip.The transmission electron microscope analysis shows that there is a large amount of dislocation accumulation at the α/β interfaces,and many deformation twins are found in the α_(p) phase after tensile deformation.When the dislocation slip is hindered,twins occur at the stress concentration location,and twins can initiate some dislocations that are difficult to slip.Meanwhile,the plastic strain is distributed uniformly among the α_(p),α_(r),α_(s) phases and β matrix,thereby enhancing the ductility of the alloy.展开更多
基金Project(2008B80703001) supported by Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology,ChinaProject(09A45031160) supported by Guangzhou Science and Technology Commission,ChinaProject(ZC2009015) supported by Zengcheng Science and Technology Bureau,China
文摘Two heat treatments of A356 alloys with combined addition of rare earth and strontium were conducted.T6 treatment is a long time treatment(solution at 535 ℃ for 4 h + aging at 150 ℃ for 15 h).The other treatment is a short time treatment(solution at 550 ℃ for 2 h + aging at 170 ℃ for 2 h).The effects of heat treatment on microstructure and tensile properties of the Al-7%Si-0.3%Mg alloys were investigated by optical microscopy,scanning electronic microscopy and tension test.It is found that a 2 h solution at 550 ℃ is sufficient to make homogenization and saturation of magnesium and silicon in α(Al) phase,spheroid of eutectic Si phase.Followed by solution,a 2 h artificial aging at 170 ℃ is almost enough to produce hardening precipitates.Those samples treated with T6 achieve the maximum tensile strength and fracture elongation.With short time treatment(ST),samples can reach 90% of the maximum yield strength,95% of the maximum strength,and 80% of the maximum elongation.
基金Project(U1034002)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)-Guangdong Natural Science Mutual Funds
文摘CuCrZr alloys were treated with the thermal stretch process at various temperatures from 100 to 300℃.The results reveal that the thermal stretch process is successfully developed to manufacture the precipitation hardening CuCrZr alloys with a good combination of microhardness and electrical conductivity.By increasing the tensile elongations at each temperature from 100 to 300℃,the microhardness increases whereas the electrical conductivity decreases slightly.Cr-containing precipitate phases with a Nishiyama-Wasserman orientation relationship to the copper matrix were observed by TEM.The achievement of high micro-hardness and acceptable electrical conductivity in the thermal stretch treated alloys is ascribed to the interactions of the heteroatom solution,dislocation increment,grain refinement and dispersive precipitation effect.
文摘2A97 Al-Li alloy was processed by thermo-mechanical treatment at different pre-stretch deformations of 0, 3% and 6%. The microstrucatre observation results reveal that some δ' and T1 precipitates are found in a(Al) matrix of 2A97 alloy processed by the heat treatment with no pre-stretch deformation. When the pre-stretch deformation is 3% and 6%, respectively, amounts of tiny T1 and a few of S' precipitates precipitates are observed in the microstructures of 2A97 alloy. The tensile test results show that the tensile properties of 2A97 alloys are improved via thermo-mechanical treatment. When the pre-stretch deformation is from 0, 3% to 6%, the ultimate tensile strength values of the 2A97 alloys increase gradually from 447.7, 516.5 to 534.3 MPa, and the elongations decrease from 17.6%, 12.8% to 10.2%, respectively. Moreover, with increasing pre-stretch deformation amount from 0 to 6%, the in-plane anisotropy value of 2A97 alloys becomes more obvious.
基金Project(51101119)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Influence of thermomechanical treatments (mill annealing, duplex annealing, solution treatment plus aging and triple annealing) on microstructures and mechanical properties of TC4-DT titanium alloy was investigated. Results showed that thermomechanical treatments had a significant influence on the microstructure parameters and higher annealing and aging temperature and lower cooling rate led to the decrease of the volume fraction of primaryαand the size of prior-βand the increase of the width of grain boundary αand secondary α. The highest strength was obtained by solution treatment and aging due to a large amount of transformedβand finer grain boundaryαand secondaryαat the expense of slight decrease of elongation and the ultimate strength, yield strength, elongation, reduction of area were 1100 MPa, 1030 MPa, 13%and 53%separately. A good combination of strength and ductility has been obtained by duplex annealing with the above values 940 MPa, 887.5 MPa, 15%and 51%respectively. Analysis between microstructure parameters and tensile properties showed that with the volume fraction of transformedβphase and the prior-βgrain size increasing, the ultimate strength, yield strength and reduction of area increased, but the elongation decreased. While the width of grain boundary α and secondary α showed a contrary effect on the tensile properties. Elimination of grain boundaryαas well as small prior-βgrain size can also improve ductility.
基金Projects (2005CCA06400, 2007CB613807) supported by the National Basic Research Program of ChinaProject (CHD2012JC078) supported by the Special Fund for Basic Scientific Research of Central Colleges, China+1 种基金Project (0111201) supported by the State Key Laboratory for Machanical Behavior of MaterialsProject (20110474) supported by Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China
文摘Tensile properties of a new α+Ti2Cu alloy after solid forging at 950 °C and semi-solid forging at 1 000 °C and 1 050 °C were investigated over the temperature range of 20-600 °C. The results reveal that high strength and low ductility are obtained in all semi-solid forged alloys. Tensile properties decrease as the semi-solid forging temperature increases, and cleavage fractures are observed after semi-solid forging at 1 050 °C. The variations in tensile properties are attributed to the coarse microstructures obtained in the semi-solid alloys. It is found that the elevated semi-solid temperatures lead to more liquid precipitates along the prior grain boundaries, which increases the peritectic precipitation and formation of Ti2Cu precipitation zones during re-solidification. Recrystallization heat treatment leads to fine microstructure of semi-solid forged alloys, resulting in improvement of tensile properties.
基金Project(2009FJ1002)supported by the Key Special Program for Science and Technology of Hunan Province,ChinaProject(11002121)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The effects of heat treatment on microstructure and tension property of Ni-Co film/Fe substrate systems were investigated. The deformation and fracture morphologies of Ni-Co films/Fe substrate systems were studied by in-situ scanning electron microscopy(in-situ SEM)before and after heat treatment.The results show that a Ni-Co/Fe diffusion layer appears between the film and substrate after heat treatment;the elongation of film/substrate system increases with increasing the heat treatment temperature. Both the strength and ductility of the film/substrate system are preferable when heat treatment temperature is 650 o C,meanwhile the maximum elongation is up to 46%.During tensile deformation,the deformation behaviors of Ni-Co film/Fe substrate are quite different before and after heat treatment.The samples after heat treatment went through the progress of holes’emergence,growth and extension,whereas the samples without heat treatment accompanied with no holes,just cracked instead,showing that appropriate heat treatment is helpful to improve the toughness of material,and mechanical properties.
文摘The effects of hot compression,hot rolling and post-rolling annealing on microstructure and tensile properties of Ti-6Al-4V were analyzed.Hot compression tests were conducted in the temperature range of 800-1 075 °C and at strain rates of 0.001-1 s-1,and the relations between the characteristic points of flow curve and processing variables were developed.Two passes of hot rolling test with total reduction of 75% were performed in the temperature range of 820-1 070 °C and at constant strain rate of 2 s-1.After hot rolling,some specimens were subjected to heat treatment at 870 °C and 920 °C for 2 h followed by air cooling.Hot rolling in beta phase field resulted in coarse beta grains transforming to martensite by cooling.Otherwise,rolling in the alpha/beta phase filed gave rise to a partially globularized alpha microstructure.The post-rolling heat treatment completed the partial globularization of alpha phase in two-phase region and otherwise broke down the martensitic structure of beta-rolled samples.Tensile tests showed that the strength characteristics as well as elongation decrease significantly with increasing the rolling temperature from the two-phase to the single-phase region.Increasing heat treatment temperature contributed to lower strength for the specimens rolled in two-phase region and higher strength characteristics for the beta-rolled specimens.
基金Project(51375511)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(CDJZR14130008)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China+1 种基金Project(CDJZR13130033)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of ChinaProject(CDJZR13130080)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China
文摘The FeCrNi alloy powders were used on the dovetail groove of FV520B steel to fabricate the multilayer laser cladding layers. The effects of heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties of FeCrNi layers were investigated. The results showed that the heat treatment at the temperature ranged from 1073 to 1273 K refined the grains of the substrate materials and removed the soft zone of hardness between the fused zone (FZ) and base material (BM) effectively mainly due to a secondary quench of heat treatment. When the temperature of heat treatment was 1073 K, the maximum ultimate tensile strength (UTS) values of the laser cladding component were obtained. However, the heat treatment at high temperature had a bad effect on wear resistance of coatings at some extent.
基金Project(51775297)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2015M580093)supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
文摘The effects of vacuum assistance on the microstructure and mechanical properties of high pressure die cast A390alloy at different slow shot speeds were evaluated.Plate-shaped specimens of hypereutectic A390aluminum alloy were produced on a TOYO BD?350V5cold chamber die casting machine incorporated with a self-improved TOYO vacuum system.According to the results,the vacuum pressure inside the die cavity increased linearly with the increasing slow shot speed at the beginning of mold filling.Meanwhile,tensile properties of vacuum die castings were deteriorated by the porosity content.In addition,the average primary silicon size decreased from23to14μm when the slow shot speed increased from0.05to0.2m/s,which has a binary functional relationship with the slow shot speed.After heat treatment,microstructural morphologies revealed that needle-shaped and thin-flaked eutectic silicon particles became rounded while Al2Cu dissolved intoα(Al)matrix.Furthermore,the fractography revealed that the fracture mechanism has evolved from brittle transgranular fracture to a fracture mode with many dimples after heat treatment.
基金Project (51001034) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProjects (2008AA4CH044, 2009AA1AG065,2010AA4BE031) supported by the Key Project of Science and Technology of Harbin City, China+2 种基金Project (HEUCF201210004) supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,ChinaProject (20092304120020) supported by the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education,ChinaProject (11553054) supported by the Project of Science and Technology of Heilongjiang Province Education Department,China
文摘Mg-5Li-3Al-2Zn-xCe(x=0-2.5;mass fraction,%) alloys were prepared by casting,and heat treatments of homogenization at 300 °C and solid solution at 370 °C were carried out.The microstructure and tensile properties of as-cast alloys and their evolutions after solid solution were investigated.The results show that with the increase of Ce content,Al2Ce/Al3Ce precipitates are formed and the alloys mainly consist of α-Mg,Al2Ce,Al3Ce and AlLi phases,and the amount of AlLi and Al-Ce intermetallics decreases after solid solution.The content and morphology of the second phases have important effects on the mechanical properties of the alloys;the alloy with 1.0%Ce content exhibits excellent tensile strength.The tensile strength and elongation of Mg-5Li-3Al-2Zn-0.5Ce alloy is remarkably improved by the solution strengthening effect because of the addition of Ce.
基金partly funded by Regione Lombardia–MIUR(research program “2 MILLIMETRI” ID 30152773)
文摘In recent years,certain foundry processes have made it possible to obtain products with very thin parts,below the4mmthreshold of the permanent mold casting technology.The safety margins of these castings have been reduced,so the T6heattreatment conditions adopted for the Al?7Si?Mg alloys need to be investigated to identify the best combination of strength andductility.Furthermore,the cost and the production time associated with T6heat treatment have to be optimized.In the present work,an experimental study was carried out to optimize the solution treatment and artificial aging conditions in gravity cast thin bars ofB356aluminum alloy modified with Sr.Two solution temperatures were selected,530°C and550°C,respectively,with solutiontime ranging from2to8h,followed by water quenching and artificial aging at165°C with aging time from2to32h.The results ofhardness and tensile tests were correlated with differential scanning calorimetry(DSC)analysis.The best combination of mechanicalproperties and heat treatment duration was obtained with2h solutionizing at550°C and8h aging at165°C.DSC analysis showedthat the alloy’s mechanical properties reach the maximum value when theβ''phase is completely developed during the artificialaging.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(52104379,U21A20117,52071219,52271249)。
文摘To study the relationship between the microstructure and tensile properties of the novel metastable β titanium alloy Ti-5.5Cr-5Al-4Mo-3Nb-2Zr,a heat treatment process of ABFCA(solid solution in α+βregion with subsequent furnace cooling followed by aging treatment finally)was designed,by which α phases of different sizes can be precipitated in the β matrix.The results show that the microstructure obtained by this heat treatment process is composed of primary α(α_(p))phase,submicro rod-like α(α_(r))phase and secondary α(α_(s))phase.The alloy with multi-scale α phase has an excellent balance between strength and ductility.The elongation is about 18.3% at the ultimate tensile strength of 1125.4 MPa.The relationship between the strength of the alloy and the α phase was established.The strength of the alloy is proportional to the power of‒1/2 of the average spacing and width of α phase.The α_(s) phase with a smaller size and phase spacing can greatly improve the strength of the alloy by hindering dislocation slip.The transmission electron microscope analysis shows that there is a large amount of dislocation accumulation at the α/β interfaces,and many deformation twins are found in the α_(p) phase after tensile deformation.When the dislocation slip is hindered,twins occur at the stress concentration location,and twins can initiate some dislocations that are difficult to slip.Meanwhile,the plastic strain is distributed uniformly among the α_(p),α_(r),α_(s) phases and β matrix,thereby enhancing the ductility of the alloy.