Post-β" phases and their influence on microstructure and hardness in 6xxx Al-Mg-Si alloys

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Marioara, CD [1 ]
Nordmark, H
Andersen, SJ
Holmestad, R
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[1] SINTEF Mat & Chem, Dept Synth & Properties, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway
[2] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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10.1007/s10853-005-2470-1
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Starting from solid solution (T4) or a condition with beta" precipitates (T6), three Al-Mg-Si alloys with similar total solute content (1.3 at%), but different Si/Mg ratios (2, 1.25 and 0.8) were isothermally heat-treated at 250 or 260 degrees C and investigated by transmission electron microscopy. The result microstructure for all alloys and conditions consisted of metastable, needle-shaped precipitates growing along (100) directions in aluminium. Each of the phases beta"-Mg5Si6, beta"-Mg1.8Si, U1-MgAl2Si2 and U2-MgAlSi could be identified as main precipitate in the alloy with its solute Si/Mg ratio closest to the same ratio in the composition of that particular phase: The highest Si content alloy produced coarse needles of the trigonal U1-phase coexisting with finer precipitates of hexagonal B'-phase. The most common phase in the Mg-rich alloy is coarse needles of hexagonal beta"-type. The Si/Mg ratio of 1.25 in one alloy is similar to the Si/Mg ratio in beta". Here the microstructure changes from that of fine beta" needles to fine needles of the orthorhombic U2-phase. This material remains strongest during heat-treatment. Nucleation on dislocations, mainly by the B'-phase, was observed to be significant in the case of Si-rich alloys heat-treated from T4-condition. (c) 2006 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc.
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