Role of Vanadium Addition on Hot Deformation Behavior of Aluminum Alloy 5083

Abstract

The effect of V addition on the hot deformation behavior of AA5083 was investigated. Single axial compression tests were conducted on the cast and homogenized samples with strain rates ranging from 0.01 to 10 s−1 and deformation temperatures ranging from 300 to 450 °C. The results showed that the contents of V (0–0.10, in wt.%) do not change the grain size of alloy 5083 significantly in the as cast and homogenized conditions, but the formation of fine Al3V particles in the alloy with an addition of 0.05 wt.% V can increase the flow stress, and its activation energy is 10.0% higher than that of V-free alloy 5083. The processing maps show that the appropriate process domain for alloy 5083 with 0.05 wt.% V changes at different true strains. The mechanism for deformation softening is discussed as well.