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Effect of Ge and Mg additions on the aging response behavior and mechanical properties of Al-Si-Cu alloy

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2021.141024

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Al-Si-Cu alloys; Ge and Mg alloying; Microstructure; Aging response; Mechanical properties

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [51774105, XNAUEA5640208420]

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The addition of Ge accelerates the aging response of Al-Si-Cu alloy by forming Si-Ge particles that act as heterogeneous nucleation sites for 0?-Al2Cu phases, while the addition of Mg results in the early precipitation of Q?-Al5Cu2Mg8Si6 phases in the alloy. The combined addition of both Ge and Mg leads to the formation of Mg2Ge phases and an accelerated aging response, providing increased strength to the alloy.
The influence of Ge and Mg additions on the aging response behavior, microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of Al-Si-Cu alloy was investigated. The addition of Ge significantly accelerates the aging response of Al-Si-Cu alloy with shorter aging time to reach peak-hardness. The enhanced aging response is caused by the formation of Si-Ge particles serving as heterogeneous nucleation sites for 0?-Al2Cu phases due to their high interfacial energy. The strength of Al-Si-Cu alloy slightly increases because of the accelerated precipitation of 0? phases. The addition of Mg results in the early precipitation of Q?-Al5Cu2Mg8Si6 phases in Al-Si-Cu alloy due to the strong interaction between Cu and Mg, and both 0? phases and Q? phases dominate in the peak-aging state, which leads to the ultimate tensile strength of 396.3 MPa. The addition of both Ge and Mg leads to the formation of Mg2Ge phases which are undissolving in solution treatment and the quick peak-aging time (20 h) is also presented in Al-Si-Cu-Mg-Ge alloy due to the effect of Ge. Besides, the additional strengthening contribution of Q? phases leads to a high peak-aging yield strength (300.3 MPa) and ultimate tensile strength (342.1 MPa). The results indicate that adding both Mg and Ge to Al-Si-Cu alloy has a synergetic advantage to introduce the strengthening effect and obtain the accelerated aging response.

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