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Trans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. China 23(2013) 1875−1881 Precipitation during homogenization cooling in AlMgSi alloys Yucel BIROL Materials Institute, Marmara Research Centre, TUBITAK, Kocaeli 41470, Turkey Received 24 August 2012; accepted 23 October 2012 Abstract: Precipitation during the industrial cool down takes place predominantly above 300 °C in the EN AW−6082 and 6005 alloys. The phase precipitation throughout cooling is equilibrium β phase. A considerable capacity is retained after the cool down for further precipitation during a subsequent heating cycle. The β-Mg Si is once again the predominant phase that forms during a 2 scan heating cycle employed in exactly the same manner with the industrial billet preheating operation. The precipitation in the 6060 alloy, on the other hand, occurs predominantly below 300 °C with additionally β′-Mg Si particles formed below 200 °C. 2 Key words: aluminium alloys; extrusion; precipitation; homogenization is improved by an increasing cooling rate after 1 Introduction homogenisation [11]. The formation of coarse Mg2Si particles must be avoided as they take much longer time Aluminium extrusions are used in a variety of and/or higher temperature to dissolve during preheating structural ap