Ultrafast artificial aging of Al-Mg-Si alloys

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  • Materials Center Leoben Forschungs GmbH
  • Institute of Materials Science and Technology
  • AMAG Austria Metall AG
  • Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

Abstract

This study investigates the effect of trace Sn additions on the artificial aging of an Al–Mg–Si alloy at unconventionally high temperatures (> 210 °C), where such additions generate both ultrafast aging kinetics and superior peak hardness. The study shows that the effect of Sn is comparable to the influence of natural pre-aging on high temperature artificial aging, and explains this by solute-vacancy interactions, proposing that during artificial aging Sn-vacancy pairs contribute to diffusion and/or Sn retards the annihilation of quenched-in vacancies.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)148-151
JournalScripta materialia
Volume112
Publication statusPublished - 2016