scholarly journals Effects of Nano TiC Particles on Recrystallization and Mechanical Properties of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao ◽  
Zhou ◽  
Lu ◽  
Li ◽  
JianWang ◽  
...  

The recrystallization and mechanical properties of 7085 alloy and TiC/7085 composites with different nano TiC content (0.1, 0.3, 0.5, and 1 wt%) were investigated in this work. Results showed that as the TiC content increased from 0.1 to 1 wt%, dynamic recrystallization was promoted in which the composites proceeded by hot deformation; after T6 treatment, static recrystallization was hindered. In addition, the ultimate strength of composites first increased and then decreased with the increase of nano TiC particle content from 0.1 wt% to 1 wt%. When the content of nano TiC particles reached 0.5 wt%, the tensile strength of the nanocomposites was improved to 608 MPa, 12% higher than that of 7085 alloy, via the reinforcing particle strengthening mechanism. Due to the grain coarsening and the TiC particle cluster, the ultimate tensile strength of 1 wt% TiC/7085 composite decreased to 585 MPa.

2011 ◽  
Vol 686 ◽  
pp. 120-124
Author(s):  
Jin Ping Fan ◽  
She Bin Wang ◽  
Bing She Xu

The effects of Sr addition on the mechanical properties and microstructure of Mg-6Al mag- nesium alloy both at 25 °C and at 175 °C were investigated by means of OM, SEM and EDS and XRD. Upon the Sr addition of 2%, the tensile strength was increased by 7.2% to 184.4MPa at 25 °C, while it was increased by 30% to 155.4MPa at 175 °C. The strengthening mechanism of Mg-6Al-xSr at lower temperature (25 °C) was different from that at higher temperature (175°C). The results show that the addition of strontium effectively improved the microstructure and mechanical properties of magnesium alloy.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1026 ◽  
pp. 84-92
Author(s):  
Tao Qian Cheng ◽  
Zhi Hui Li

Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy have been widely used in aerospace industry. However, there is still a lack of research on thermal stability of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy products. In the present work, an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy with T79 and T74 states was placed in the corresponding environment for thermal exposure experiments. Performance was measured by tensile strength, hardness and electrical conductivity. In this paper, precipitation observation was analyzed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HREM). The precipitations of T79 state alloy were GPⅡ zone, η' phase and η phase while the ultimate tensile strength, hardness and electrical conductivity were 571MPa, 188.2HV and 22.2MS×m-1, respectively. The mechanical property of T79 state alloy decreased to 530MPa and 168.5HV after thermal exposure. The diameter of precipitate increased and the precipitations become η' and η phase at the same time. During the entire thermal exposure, T74 state alloy had the same mechanical property trend as T79 state alloy. The precipitate diameter also increased while the types of precipitate did not change under thermal exposure. The size of precipitates affected the choice of dislocation passing through the particles to affect the mechanical properties.


Author(s):  
S C Sharma

A well-consolidated composite of Al alloy 6061 reinforced with 4, 8 and 12 wt% garnet was prepared by a liquid metallurgy technique, the composite was heat treated for different ageing durations (T6 treatment), and its mechanical properties were determined by destructive testing. The results of the study indicated that, as the garnet particle content in the composites increased, there were marked increases in the ultimate tensile strength, compressive strength and hardness but there was a decrease in the ductility. There was an improvement in the tensile strength, compressive strength, and hardness with ageing due to precipitation. Precipitation in Al alloy 6061, with and without garnet particulate reinforcement, was studied using transmission electron microscopy. The fracture behaviour of the composites was altered significantly by the presence of garnet particles and the crack propagation through the matrix, and the reinforcing particle clusters resulted in final fracture.


2005 ◽  
Vol 488-489 ◽  
pp. 763-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Man Ping Liu ◽  
Qu Dong Wang ◽  
Xiao Qing Zeng ◽  
Guang Yin Yuan ◽  
Yan Ping Zhu ◽  
...  

This paper investigates the microstructure, mechanical properties and creep behavior of Mg–Al–Ca alloys with different Ca content. SEM and EDAX analyses show that the dominant second phase in the as-cast Mg–Al–Ca alloys is Al2Ca, which distributes at the grain boundaries and disperses in the grain interior as well. Both the elevated tensile strength and the creep resistance of Mg–Al–Ca alloys obviously increased with increasing Ca at high temperature. TEM analyses reveal that finer Al2Ca particles with an average size of 0.02 µm precipitated dynamically during the creep process. Selected area electron diffraction (SAD) patterns show that the dynamic Al2Ca precipitates have a coherent interface with matrix as (0110) Mg // (220) Al2Ca, [2110] Mg // [112] Al2Ca. The strengthening mechanism of Mg–Al–Ca alloys at elevated temperature was discussed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 311-313 ◽  
pp. 84-87
Author(s):  
Shao Jiang Lin ◽  
Sai Yu Wang

The present research work concerns the development of TiC reinforced 316L stainless steel composites through powder metallurgical technology and sintered in vacuum. The effect of TiC particle addition and cooling rate on the mechanical properties of 316L stainless steel composites has been investigated. The results show that increasing the cooling rate caused enhancement of ultimate tensile strength and microhardness. However, the elongation to failure of the composites was decreased with the increase of cooling rate. The addition of TiC particle was found to improve the ultimate tensile strength of 316L stainless steel composites. The highest tensile strength was 648 MPa in specimens containing 5wt.% TiC. Further increase in TiC content to 10wt% results in a reduction in tensile strength to 631 MPa.


Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junhao Zhu ◽  
Bo Jiang ◽  
Danqing Yi ◽  
Haishen Wang ◽  
Guicheng Wu

Theprecipitate behavior, mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy during non-isothermal creep aging were investigated. The results show that diffraction patterns of GPI zones gradually disappear and those of η′ phases are strengthened during the heating stage. More importantly, the size and volume fraction of precipitates increase with aging temperature increasing, which greatly enhances the mechanical properties of the alloy. The hardness and tensile strength of the alloy with H210 aging condition are 165 HV and 564 MPa, respectively. During the cooling stage, in addition to the diffraction pattern of η′ phase, that of GPI zones can be observed again. Furthermore, the size of the precipitates decreases, and the volume fraction reaches a maximum. The hardness and tensile strength of the alloy with C120 aging condition reach 185 HV and 580 MPa, respectively. Furthermore, the characteristics of the grain boundary reveal that the width of precipitation free zones (PFZ) first increases during the heating stage and then decreases during the cooling stage. In the C120 condition, the newly generated secondary precipitates and the coarsening of undissolved precipitates around the grain boundary lead to the further narrowing of PFZ, but the coarse grain boundary precipitates (GBPs) are still not continuously distributed in the grain boundary. Hence, the alloy with C120 condition exhibits the most excellent corrosion resistance.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 4230
Author(s):  
Tianhao Gong ◽  
Junhui Dong ◽  
Zhiming Shi ◽  
Xinba Yaer ◽  
Huimin Liu

This paper addresses the effects of Ce-rich mischmetal on the microstructure evolution of a 5182 aluminum alloy during annealing and rolling processes. The Ce-rich mischmetal was added to an as-cast 5182 aluminum alloy in an induction furnace, and this was followed by homogenized annealing at 450 °C for 24 h and a rolling operation. The microstructure evolution and mechanical properties’ analysis of the 5182 Al alloy were characterized. The results show that the Ce-rich mischmetal could modify the microstructure, refine the α-Al grains, break the network distribution of Mg2Si phases, and prevent Cr and Si atoms from diffusing into the Al6(Mn, Fe) phase in the as-cast 5182 Al alloys. Ce-rich mischmetal elements were also found to refine the Al6(Mn, Fe) phase after cold rolling. Then, the refined Al6(Mn, Fe) particles inhibited the growth of recrystallization grains to refine them from 10.01 to 7.18 μm after cold rolling. Consequently, the tensile strength of the cold-rolled 5182 Al alloy increased from 414.65 to 454.34 MPa through cell-size strengthening, dislocation density strengthening, and particle strengthening. The tensile strength of the recrystallization annealed 5182 Al alloy was increased from 322.16 to 342.73 MPa through grain refinement strengthening, and this alloy was more stable after the recrystallization annealing temperature.


2018 ◽  
Vol 780 ◽  
pp. 93-97
Author(s):  
Walaa Abdelaziem ◽  
Atef Hamada ◽  
Mohsen Abdel-Naeim Hassan

The Simple Cyclic extrusion compression (SCEC) has been developed for producing Al-1%Cu alloys with fine microstructures and superior properties. SCEC method was applied for only two-passess.It was found that the grain structure was significantly reduced from 1500 μm to 100 μm after two passes of cyclic extrusion. The ultimate tensile strength and elongation to failure of as-cast alloy were 110 MPa and 12 %, respectively. However, the corresponding mechanical properties of the two pass CEC deformed alloy are 275 MPa and 35%, respectively. These findings ensure that a significant improvement in the grain structure has been achieved. In addition, cyclic extrusion deformation increased the surface hardness of the alloy by 50 % after two passes.


2012 ◽  
Vol 706-709 ◽  
pp. 1915-1920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigehiro Kawamori ◽  
Kiyoshi Kuroda ◽  
Hiroshi Fujiwara ◽  
Kei Ameyama

To enhance the mechanical properties of Mg alloys, powders of pure Mg (Al2O3/Mg) dispersed with over 10 vol% Al2O3 particles were formed by ball milling powder mixtures of pure Mg and Al2O3 particles with particle sizes of 0.3 and 1 μm. The effect of the Al2O3 content of hot-pressed discs of Al2O3/Mg powders on the mechanical properties was investigated. The hardness increased sharply at certain Al2O3 content. This is considered to be because of the development of Al2O3 particle strengthening due to the excellent interfacial bonding between Mg and Al2O3 particles when the Al2O3/Mg discs contain a sufficient amount of Al2O3 particles and have a sufficient interparticle distance. The maximum hardness was 220 HV. The tensile strength increased as Al2O3 content was increased. The Al2O3/Mg plate with Al2O3 particles sizes of 0.3 and 1 μm indicated maximum values of the bending strength at 10 and 14vol%Al2O3 content, respectively.


2014 ◽  
Vol 997 ◽  
pp. 618-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tian Dong Cao ◽  
Xiao Ming Yang

In this paper, tensile tests were carried out on the as-rolled and heat-treated Mg-12Gd-3Y-0.5Zr magnesium alloy at different temperatures. Tendency of tensile strength vs temperature was investigated and strengthening mechanism was discussed. It shows that both as-rolled and heat-treated Mg-12Gd-3Y-0.5Zr magnesium alloy have good mechanical properties at high temperatures. The reason why they have poor tension-compression asymmetry was discussed by their texture analysis. It is indicated that solution strengthening and precipitation strengthening were main strengthening mechanisam, and RE additons improve their thermal stability which lead to their high tensile strength at high temperatures.


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