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Precipitation hardening in Al-Cu-Mg alloys revisited

Precipitation hardening in Al-Cu-Mg alloys revisited
Precipitation hardening in Al-Cu-Mg alloys revisited
Transmission electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and hardness tests have been used to study the precipitation sequence on artificial ageing of a stretched Al–Cu–Mg alloy. The samples were aged for different times at 150 and 190 °C, respectively. Some orthorhombic GPB2/S? is present in samples aged at 150 °C for 48 h, which is at the very start of the second stage of hardening. The combined experiments clearly show that the second stage hardening is dominated by S phase, which forms a dense precipitate structure at the peak hardness stage, whilst no significant amounts of other phases or zones are detected.
Al–Cu–Mg alloy, precipitate, TEM, DSC, hardness, strengthening
1359-6462
287-291
Wang, S.C.
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Starink, M.J.
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Gao, N.
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Wang, S.C., Starink, M.J. and Gao, N. (2006) Precipitation hardening in Al-Cu-Mg alloys revisited. Scripta Materialia, 54 (2), 287-291. (doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2005.09.010).

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Transmission electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and hardness tests have been used to study the precipitation sequence on artificial ageing of a stretched Al–Cu–Mg alloy. The samples were aged for different times at 150 and 190 °C, respectively. Some orthorhombic GPB2/S? is present in samples aged at 150 °C for 48 h, which is at the very start of the second stage of hardening. The combined experiments clearly show that the second stage hardening is dominated by S phase, which forms a dense precipitate structure at the peak hardness stage, whilst no significant amounts of other phases or zones are detected.

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Published date: 2006
Keywords: Al–Cu–Mg alloy, precipitate, TEM, DSC, hardness, strengthening

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Local EPrints ID: 19324
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/19324
ISSN: 1359-6462
PURE UUID: 287d225c-4fc0-46f0-93e7-c3081a57a323
ORCID for N. Gao: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7430-0319

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Date deposited: 01 Feb 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:21

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Author: S.C. Wang
Author: M.J. Starink
Author: N. Gao ORCID iD

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