深冷处理对合金的组织的影响(英文).docVIP

Short Communications The?Effect?of?Cryogenic?Treatments?on?7075 Aluminum Alloy K.E.Lulay, K.Khan, and D.Chaaya (Submitted 8 April 2002;in revised form 22 April 2002). The?science?of?altering?the?room temperature properties?of?metals by first exposing them to extreme temperatures has been extensively studied and is very well understood. Although much?of this work has involved studying?the?effects?of?high temperature thermal treatments, significant work has also been performed investigating?the?effects on properties by treating metals at?cryogenic?temperatures (near -196℃).Cryogenic treatments were first shown in?the?1930s and 1940s to improve?the?performance?of?steel cutting tools. Over?the?decades, significant work has been conducted to measure and explain the effects of cryogenic treatment on steel. Some research has also been conducted?on?nonferrous alloys.?The?effects?of?cryogenic?treatment?on?the?wear performance?of copper?alloy?contact?tubes for gas metal arc welding was investigated, but no changes were observed. In this investigation, the effect of cryogenic thermal treatment on the room temperature strength,hardness,and toughness?of aluminum 7075-T651 was studied.This is a precipitation-hardened material that is used in applications requiring high strength and good corrosion resistance. Test specimens were received and then deep treated cryogenically.The?treatment consisted?of?placing?the?test specimens in a commercial?cryogenic?freezer (-196 ℃) for two different lengths?of?time: 2h and 48h.?The?2-h?treatment?was conducted to determine whether there were any time independent effects. The?48-h treatment?was conducted to evaluate soaking effects. No processing was performed after?the?cryogenic?treatment. A set?of specimens was also tested in?the?as-received condition to establish a baseline. All testing was performed at room temperature. Tensile tests were conducted per ASTM E8. From this testing,?the?proportional limit, yield strength (0.2% offset), ultim