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MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
Volume 621, Issue -, Pages 277-286Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2014.10.080
Keywords
Al-Si; Age hardening; Creep; Mg addition; Mechanical properties; CALPHAD
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA)
- McGill University
- Fonds de recherche du Quebec - Nature et technologies
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Strategies to improve the strength of Al-Si alloys at elevated temperatures can follow two routes: (i) improving the age-hardening behavior and/or (ii) producing effective dispersoid strengthening. In this study, the influence of Mg (in the range of 0.3-0.7 wt%) on the precipitation characteristics and mechanical properties of the Al-7Si-0.5Cu-(Mg) alloy was investigated. Thermodynamic calculations were performed via the CALPHAD method which showed that Q-Al5Mg8Cu2Si6 is the main thermodynamically stable precipitate at 300 degrees C. The calculations were validated by transmission electron microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry analyses. Increasing the Mg level from 0.3 wt% to the maximum solubility limit of similar to 0.5 wt% increased the amount of the Q-Al5Mg8Cu2Si6 precipitates at 300 degrees C by similar to 60 wt% and significantly improved the tensile strength and creep resistance at the expense of some ductility. Mg in excess of the solubility limit was seen to remain within the microstructure in the form of the large pi-Al8FeMg3Si6 and beta-Mg2Si intermetallics after solution treatment at 530 degrees C. Cracking of the brittle pi-Al8FeMg3Si6 intermetallics during deformation was accounted for the decreased ductility of the alloys at high Mg levels. It is concluded that the Mg level can be increased to similar to 0.5 wt% in the A-7Si-0.5Cu alloys to improve strength. However, for elevated temperature applications in which both strength and ductility are required (e.g. Diesel engine), modification of the pi-Al8FeMg3Si6 intermetallics would be required to improve the ductility of the alloys with high Mg contents. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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