The influences of pre-ageing temperature and natural ageing time on subsequent artificial age hardening behavior and precipitation sequence of new type Al-1.01Mg-0.O8Si-l.78Cu alloy were investigated by hardness test,...The influences of pre-ageing temperature and natural ageing time on subsequent artificial age hardening behavior and precipitation sequence of new type Al-1.01Mg-0.O8Si-l.78Cu alloy were investigated by hardness test, differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） test and transmission electronic microscopy （TEM） observations. When pre-ageing temperature is 20℃ （natural ageing）, the peak hardness of subsequent artificial aged alloy is lower than that of T6 treated alloy （negative effect）, while a positive effect appears when pre-ageing temperature is above 80℃. The size of needlelike /3-precipitate in subsequent artificial aged alloy is much coarser when pre-ageing temperature is 20℃, which causes a decrease in peak-hardness. The positive effect occurs again when natural ageing time is longer than 3 weeks. There are seven exothermic peaks in DSC curve of as-quenched alloy, while the number and height of exothermic peak decrease with increasing pre-ageing temperature and natural ageing time.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Technology R&D Program of China under grant No.2007BAE38B01
文摘The influences of pre-ageing temperature and natural ageing time on subsequent artificial age hardening behavior and precipitation sequence of new type Al-1.01Mg-0.O8Si-l.78Cu alloy were investigated by hardness test, differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） test and transmission electronic microscopy （TEM） observations. When pre-ageing temperature is 20℃ （natural ageing）, the peak hardness of subsequent artificial aged alloy is lower than that of T6 treated alloy （negative effect）, while a positive effect appears when pre-ageing temperature is above 80℃. The size of needlelike /3-precipitate in subsequent artificial aged alloy is much coarser when pre-ageing temperature is 20℃, which causes a decrease in peak-hardness. The positive effect occurs again when natural ageing time is longer than 3 weeks. There are seven exothermic peaks in DSC curve of as-quenched alloy, while the number and height of exothermic peak decrease with increasing pre-ageing temperature and natural ageing time.
