Chemical composition dependent atom clustering during natural aging in Al-Mg-Si alloys

IF 5.3 2区材料科学 Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Scripta Materialia Pub Date : 2024-11-30 DOI:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2024.116474

Chunan Li , Calin D. Marioara , Constantinos Hatzoglou , Sigmund J. Andersen , Randi Holmestad , Yanjun Li

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Abstract

In many industrial Al-Mg-Si alloys, natural aging (NA) has a detrimental effect on the age-hardening response during artificial aging (AA), due to the formation of unfavorable nanometer-sized solute clusters during NA. In this work, we systematically studied the atomic structures of solute clusters formed in a dilute 6060 alloy and a more concentrated 6082 alloy after 1-year NA and their influences on the age hardening behavior during the following AA. In 6060, it was found that NA promotes the formation of high-density solute clusters in the form of GP-zones composed of 1–3 β″-eyes, which can act as precursors of β″ precipitates, enhancing the age-hardening kinetics during AA. In contrast, most solute clusters in 6082 after 1-year NA are 1β″-eye, binocular and square GP-zones, while GP-zones containing multiple β″-eyes are rare. As a result, NA has a strong negative effect on the age-hardening response during AA and the peak-aged strength.

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Scripta Materialia 工程技术-材料科学：综合

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11.40

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5.00%

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581

审稿时长

34 days

期刊介绍： Scripta Materialia is a LETTERS journal of Acta Materialia, providing a forum for the rapid publication of short communications on the relationship between the structure and the properties of inorganic materials. The emphasis is on originality rather than incremental research. Short reports on the development of materials with novel or substantially improved properties are also welcomed. Emphasis is on either the functional or mechanical behavior of metals, ceramics and semiconductors at all length scales.