微量钪对高Cu/Mg比Al-Cu-Li-Mg合金组织与性能的影响

利用金相显微镜、透射电子显微镜和拉伸试验等手段,研究了微量Sc对高Cu/Mg比Al-3.5Cu-1.5Li-0.5Mg-0.12Zr合金组织和拉伸性能的影响.结果表明:在Al-3.5Cu-1.5Li-0.5Mg-0.12Zr合金中加入0.10%Sc消除了合金铸态枝晶组织,有效抑制合金再结晶,明显提高了合金的强度和塑性,但晶粒细化效果不明显;添加0.15%和0.25%Sc显著细化合金铸态晶粒组织,塑性随Sc增加而提高,但添加0.25%Sc促进合金再结晶,合金强度显著降低.     

含钪Al-CU-Li合金的研究

通过显微组织观察和室温拉伸实验,研究了微量Sc对Al-Cu-Li合金微观组织和拉伸性能的影响.结果表明:在Al-Cu-Li合金中加入0.10%(质量分数,下同)Sc消除了合金铸态枝晶组织,有效抑制合金再结晶,明显提高了合金的强度和塑性,添加0.15%Sc显著细化合金铸态晶粒组织,合金强度基本不变而塑性进一步提高,但添加0.25%Sc促进合金再结晶,降低合金强度.在本实验中,Sc的理想加入量约为0.10%～0.15%.     

Sc、Zr对Al-Mg-Mn合金再结晶行为及内耗性能的影响

为了研究微量Sc、Zr在Al-Mg-Mn合金中的作用,采用铸锭冶金方法制备了Al-6.0Mg-0.5Mn-(Sc、Zr)合金,通过光学显微镜、显微硬度、透射电镜组织观察和低频扭摆法测量内耗方法研究了微量Sc、Zr对Al-6.0Mg-0.5Mn的组织、再结晶行为及内耗性能的影响.研究表明:添加质量分数为0.21%Sc和0.15%Zr可显著细化Al-6.0Mg-0.5Mn合金铸态组织;粒状Al3Sc1-xZrx相对位错、晶界有强烈钉扎作用,抑制合金再结晶;冷变形后的Al-6.0Mg-0.5Mn-0.21Sc-0.15Zr合金的内耗表现出非线性特征,频率越低或温度越高,合金内耗Q-1越大.在频率为1Hz、应变振幅为4.6×10-5下,冷变形Al-6.0Mg-0.5Mn-0.21Sc-0.15Zr合金升温Q-1-T曲线上在326℃时产生内耗峰,该峰可由Al3Sc1-xZrx沉淀粒子与位错脱钉机制解释.微量Sc、Zr可以细化Al-Mg-Mn合金组织,抑制合金的再结晶,导致合金在升温Q-1-T曲线上产生内耗峰.     

微量Sc和Mn对Al-Mg合金组织与性能的影响

通过显微组织观察和室温拉伸试验,研究了微量Sc和Mn对Al-5Mg合金显微组织和拉伸性能的影响.结果表明:在Al-5Mg合金中添加微量Sc、Mn消除了合金铸态枝晶组织,强烈抑制合金退火过程中的再结晶,明显提高了合金的强度,其退火态合金的抗拉强度和屈服强度分别提高了19～67MPa和25～64MPa;复合添加微量Mn和Sc比单独添加Mn或Sc的强化作用和抑制再结晶效果更显著;合金强化机制为亚结构强化和Mn、Sc与铝的金属间化合物弥散质点的析出强化.     

微量钪Sc对5A01合金性能与显微组织的影响

研究了在5A01合金基础上添加0.2%Sc和0.3%Sc后合金的显微组织、力学性能、腐蚀性能及焊接性能.结果表明,微量Sc的加入,初生Al3Sc或Al3(Sc,Zr)粒子可成为有效的非均质晶核,细化合金的铸态晶粒,次生Al3Sc或Al3(Sc,Zr)粒子能有效地钉扎位错和亚晶界,稳定亚结构并强烈抑制合金的再结晶.因此,微量Sc加入使5A01合金基体强度提高,腐蚀性能和焊接性能与5A01合金相当甚至更好.     

少量Sc对7055铝合金组织与性能的影响

利用拉伸试验、光学金相、X射线物相分析、SEM及TEM等实验方法,研究了添加0.2%Sc(质量分数)对7055铝合金组织与性能的影响.实验结果表明,添加0.2%Sc可以显著细化7055铝合金铸态晶粒并减少晶界非平衡共晶相数量,促进非平衡共晶相在均匀化退火时的溶解,从而提高合金固溶度;由于Sc的添加可以提高7055Sc合金的溶质原子固溶度、形成更为均匀弥散分布的Al3ScZr粒子、以及抑制变形组织再结晶和有效细化固溶处理后的(亚)晶粒尺寸,因而显著提高7055Sc合金综合力学性能.     

微量Sc和Zr对Al-Zn-Mg合金组织与性能的影响

采用铸锭冶金法制备了Al-6.2Zn-2.0Mg-0.25Sc-0.12Zr和Al-6.2Zn-2.0Mg合金,测试不同处理态的拉伸力学性能,利用金相显微镜和透射电子显微镜研究其不同处理态的显微组织。结果表明：添加微量Sc和Zr可明显细化合金的铸态晶粒,并显著提高 Al-Zn-Mg合金的力学性能,其作用机理主要为Al3（Sc,Zr）造成的细晶强化、亚结构强化和弥散强化。     

微量Sc和Zr对Al-Mg合金组织和性能影响的研究

用硬度法，金相显微镜，扫描电镜（SEM）和力学性能检测等方法，研究了微量Sc和Zr对Al-5%Mg合金显微组织，再结晶温度和力学性能的影响。实验结果表明，添加0.17%Sc和0.08%Zr的合金铸态组织得到显著细化，枝晶组织在相当程度上得到消除；合金的再结晶起始温度约为300℃，比不加Sc和Zr的合金再结晶起始温度提高了约150℃，添加了Sc和Zr的合金没有确定的再结晶终了温度，其再结晶是一种连续，缓慢的过程，一直到575℃合金仍然保留着大量的变形组织；添加了钪和锆后的合金在稳定化退火后的强度提高，特别是高温退火后可以保留较高的强度。     

形变量和时效对Al-Cu-Li合金组织性能的影响

为了改善铝合金的力学性能,利用形变和时效工艺提高Al-3.5Cu-1.5Li-0.12Zr合金的强度和塑性.采用TEM观察和室温拉伸试验等手段,研究了形变量和时效工艺对含钪Al-3.5Cu-1.5Li-0.12Zr合金微观组织与拉伸性能的影响.结果表明,时效前的变形能促进T1(Al2CuLi)相弥散细小析出,显著提高合金强度,使时效峰值提前.合金强度随形变量和时效时间增加而增加,到峰值后,随形变量增加和时效时间的延长,T1相长大粗化,合金强度和塑性降低.该合金合宜的形变量和时效工艺为3.5%预变形和160℃/24 h时效.     

微量Sc和Zr对Al—Az—Mg合金组织与性能的影响

采用铸锭冶金法制备了Al-6.2Zn-2.0Mg-0.25Zr和Al-6.2Zn-2.0Mg合金,测试不同处理态的拉伸力学性能。利用金相显微镜和透射电子显微镜研究其不同处理态的显微组织,结果表明：添加微量Sc和Zr可明显细化合金的铸态晶粒,并显著提高Al-Zn-Mg合金的力学性能,其作用机理主要为Al3(Sc,Zr)造成的细晶强化,亚结构强化和弥散强化。     

微量钪在Al-Cu-Li-Zr合金中的存在形式和作用

通过显微组织观察和室温拉伸实验,研究了微量Sc在Al-Cu-Li-Zr合金中的存在形式和对合金微观组织和拉伸性能的影响.结果表明:微量Sc在Al-Cu-Li-Zr合金中主要以初生Al3(Sc,Zr)和次生Al3(Sc,Zr)两种形式存在.初生的Al3(Sc,Zr)是合金凝固过程中形成的,可成为有效的非均质形核中心,显著细化铸态晶粒组织,具有细晶强化和增塑作用;次生Al3(Sc,Zr)是合金在热加工过程中析出的,对位错和亚晶界起钉扎作用,稳定亚结构并有效抑制合金再结晶,具有亚结构强化和直接析出强化作用.因此,加入微量Sc的Al-Cu-Li-Zr合金的强度和塑性大大提高.     

Effect of Sc and Zr additions on microstructures and corrosion behavior of Al-Cu-Mg-Sc-Zr alloys

The effects of adding the alloy element Sc to Al alloys on strengthening, recrystallization and modification of the grain microstructure have been investigated. The combination of Sc and Zr alloying not only produces a remarkable synergistic effect of inhibition of recrystallization and refinement of grain size but also substantially reduce the amount of high-cost additional Sc. In this work, the microstructures and corrosion behavior of a new type of Al-Cu-Mg-Sc-Zr alloy with Sc/Zr ratio of 1/2 were investigated.The experimental results showed that the Sc and Zr additions to Al-Cu-Mg alloy could strongly inhibit recrystallization, refine grain size, impede the segregation of Cu element along the grain boundary and increase the spacing of grain boundary precipitates. In addition, adding Sc and Zr to Al-Cu-Mg alloy effectively restricts the corrosion mechanism conversion associated with Al2 Cu Mg particles, which resulted in the change of the cross-section morphology of inter-granular corrosion from an undercutting to an elliptical shape. The susceptibility to inter-granular corrosion was significantly decreased with increasing Sc and Zr additions to the Al-Cu-Mg alloy. The relationships between microstructures evolution and inter-granular corrosion mechanism of Al-Cu-Mg-Sc-Zr alloys were also discussed.     

Preliminary investigations about effects of Zr, Sc and Ce additions on as-cast microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-3Sn-1Mn (wt.%) magnesium alloy

In this paper, the effects of Zr, Sc and Ce additions on the as-cast microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-3Sn-1Mn (wt.%) magnesium alloy were preliminarily investigated and compared. The results indicate that adding 0.36 wt.% Sc and 0.87 wt.% Ce to the Mg-3Sn-1Mn alloy, respectively leads to the formation of the extra phases of Mg-Sn-Sc and Mg₁₂Ce while adding 0.43 wt.% Zr does not cause the formation of any new phases. At the same time, adding 0.43 wt.% Zr or 0.87 wt.% Ce can refine the grains while adding 0.36 wt.% Sc coarsens the grains. Among the Zr- and Ce-containing alloys, the grains of the latter are relatively finer than those of the former. In addition, adding 0.43 wt.% Zr, 0.36 wt.% Sc and 0.87 wt.% Ce to the Mg-3Sn-1Mn alloy can improve the tensile and/or creep properties of the alloy. However, the addition of 0.43 wt.% Zr is not beneficial to the creep properties. Among the Zr-, Sc- and Ce-containing alloys, the alloy with the addition of 0.87 wt.% Ce exhibits the optimal tensile and creep properties.     

Effects of Sc(Zr) on the microstructure and mechanical properties of as-cast Al–Mg alloys

Both the addition of 0.6% Sc and simultaneous addition of 0.2% Sc and 0.1% Zr exerted a remarkable effect on grain refinement of as-cast Al–Mg alloys, changing typical dendritic microstructure into fine equiaxed grains. Such effect was found to be related to the formation of primary particles, which acted as heterogeneous nucleation sites for α-Al matrix during solidification. Primary particles formed in Al–Mg–Sc–Zr alloy could be identified as the eutectic structure consisting of multilayer of ‘Al₃(Sc,Zr)?+?α-Al?+?Al₃(Sc,Zr)’, with a ‘cellular-dendritic’ mode of growth. In addition, an attractive comprehensive property of as-cast Al–5Mg alloy due to the addition of 0.2% Sc and 0.1% Zr was obtained.     

Effect of precipitates on properties of cold-rolled Al–Mg–Si–Sc–Zr alloy with higher temperature aging

The aging hardening behaviours of the cold-rolled Al–Mg–Si–Sc–Zr alloy were investigated. The microstructure, hardness and electrical conductivity (EC) of the Al–Mg–Si–Sc–Zr alloy were measured. The relationship between the microstructure and the properties of the Al–Mg–Si–Sc–Zr alloy with cold-rolling and aging processes was studied. The result shows that the addition of Sc and Zr elements significantly refines the grains of the Al–Mg–Si alloy during casting. The cold rolling promotes the Al–Sc(Zr) precipitation. The precipitate strengthening increases with increasing roll reduction. The EC of the cold rolling?+?aging Al–Mg–Si–Sc–Zr alloy increases with increasing rolling reductions. The combination effects of the precipitation hardening and DRX softening during the aging process lead to the similar peak hardness values of around 70?HV of the rolled Al–Mg–Si–Sc–Zr alloy with the different reductions.