Research and Development of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Li Alloys英文教材.pdf

MATERIALS FORUM VOLUME 28 - Published 2004 75 Edited by J.F. Nie, A.J. Morton and B.C. Muddle © Institute of Materials Engineering Australasia Ltd Research and Development of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Li Alloys F. Wei, Z.K. Zhao, P.Y. Liu, T.T. Zhou, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing China, 100083 Keywords: Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Li alloy, precipitation kinetics; TTT curve; double-ageing, Abstract Microstructure control is always of great importance in enhancing properties of high strength aluminum alloys. Attempts to improve the microstructures of 7000 series alloys by the addition of adopting 1%wt lithium have been made in a series of studies. The precipitation kinetics of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys containing 1 wt.% lithium was investigated in comparison with Li free Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys both by thermodynamic calculation and by various experimental means, and the aging hardening behavior and relevant microstructural features of the alloys have been evaluated in this paper. The results show that a lithium content at about the 1 wt % level would not make changes in precipitation sequence, but in the precipitation kinetics. It is confirmed from the calculated TTT curves and microstructural investigations that lithium in general retards the precipitation process although it promotes nucleation of precipitates in the initial stage. The resulting aging behavior and aging hardening curves are therefore unusual. Duplex aging processes must be taken into account for obtaining maximum hardness as opposed to aging at 120 ℃ as ordinarily done for Al-Zn-Mg-