Study of the precipitation hardening process in recycled Al-Si-Cu cast alloys

Precipitation Hardening of Al–Si–Mg Alloys

Precipitation hardening in dilute Al–Zr alloys

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of solute content (hipoperitectic Al–0.22 wt.%Zr and hiperperitectic Al–0.32 wt.%Zr) on the precipitation hardening and microstructural evolution of dilute Al–Zr alloys isothermally aged. The materials were conventionally cast in a muffle furnace, solidified in a water-cooled Cu mold and subsequently heat-treated at the temperature of 650 K (3...

Study of the Precipitation Hardening Behaviour and Intergranular Corrosion of Al-Mg-Si Alloys with Differing Si Contents

The effects of Si addition on the precipitation hardening behaviour and evolution of intergranular corrosion (IGC) of Al-Mg-Si alloys were investigated using hardness tests, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), potentiodynamic polarization measurements, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). With an increase of the Si content, the peak hardness of the Al-Mg-Si alloys consi...

Precipitates and intermetallic phases in precipitation hardening Al–Cu–Mg–(Li) based alloys

The present study contains a critical review of work on the formation of precipitates and intermetallic phases in dilute precipitation hardening Al–Cu–Mg based alloys with and without Li additions. Although many suggestions for the existence of pre-precipitates in Al–Cu–Mg alloys with a Cu/Mg atomic ratio close to 1 have been made, a critical review reveals that evidence exists for only two tru...

Effect of copper on precipitation and baking hardening behavior of Al−Mg−Si alloys

The effects of copper on the ageing precipitation behavior of as-quenched and pre-aged AA6016 aluminum alloy were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Vickers hardness measurement and transmission electronic microscopy (TEM). The results indicate that the addition of copper facilitates the growth of clusters (GP I) to the critical size during pre-ageing. Therefore, the addition o...