《Effect of heat treatment on microstructures and mechanical properties of Al6Zn2Mg15Cu04Er alloy》.pdfVIP

J. Cent. South Univ. Technol. (2010) 17: 24−27 DOI: 10.1007/s11771−010−0005−7 Effect of heat treatment on microstructures and mechanical properties of Al-6Zn-2Mg-1.5Cu-0.4Er alloy LIU Ying-ying(刘莹颖), XIA Chang-qing(夏长清), PENG Xiao-min(彭小敏) School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China © Central South University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 Abstract: The microstructures and mechanical properties of A1-6Zn-2Mg-1.5Cu-0.4Er alloy under different treatment conditions were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observation, and tensile properties and hardness test, respectively. The relationship between mechanical properties and microstructures of the alloys was discussed. With trace Er addition to A1-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy, Er and Al interact to form Al3Er phase, which is coherent with α(Al) matrix. The results show that A1-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy after retrogression and re-ageing (RRA) heat treatment exhibits higher tensile strength, ductility and conductivity. Key words: Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy; Er; heat treatment; microstructures; mechanical properties; conductivity addition to high pure Al or its alloys, Er can directly 1 Introduction react with Al to form primary Al3Er particles. With the similar crystal lattice type (L1 ), parameter of Al Er 2