Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
2. Aviation Industry of China Manufacturing Technology Institute, Beijing 100015, China
3. Dalian Ketian New Material Limited Company, High-tech Industrial Park, Dalian 116023, China
Abstract
Al-Zn-Mg-Cu aluminum alloys have the advantages of high specific strength, easy processing, and high toughness, showing great potential application in the aerospace field. However, ultra-high strength aluminum alloys usually contain coarse microstructures, micro-segregation, and casting defects that seriously deteriorate mechanical properties. Here, we report a high-strength aluminum alloy (Al-10.5Zn-2.0Mg-1.2Cu-0.12Zr-0.1Er) prepared by rapid solidification and hot extrusion to explore the microstructure modification of the alloy based on this strategy. The results show that: rapid-solidification technology can significantly refine alloy grains, alloy ribbons were composed of α (Al) equiaxed fine grains, and the average grain size was less than 6 μm. After extrusion, the alloy had partially recrystallized, existing coarse second-phase (T-phase) and needle-shaped precipitates were MgZn2 (η-phase), and the tensile strength and elongation of the extruded bar were 466.4 MPa and 12.9%, respectively. After T6 heat treatment, the tensile strength of the alloy reached 635.8 MPa, while elongation decreased to 10.5%. According to microstructure analysis and considering the contributions of grain boundary, dislocation, and precipitation-strengthening to the improvement of the mechanical properties, it was found that precipitation-strengthening is the main strengthening mechanism. Our research shows that rapid-solidification and hot-extrusion technology have great potential for improving the microstructures and mechanical properties of aluminum alloys.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
General Materials Science,Metals and Alloys
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