Rapid precipitation of dispersoids during extrusion of an Al–0.91 wt.% Mn–0.13 wt.% Zr–0.17 wt.% Sc-alloy
✍ Scribed by B. Forbord; L. Auran; W. Lefebvre; H. Hallem; K. Marthinsen
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 439 KB
- Volume
- 424
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0921-5093
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✦ Synopsis
Dispersoids are usually formed during precipitation annealing (homogenisation) of aluminium alloys in order to inhibit recrystallisation during subsequent processing and/or use at high temperatures. In this respect, Al 3 (Sc x ,Zr 1-x )-dispersoids are most efficient, as they display the unique combination of rapid precipitation and slow coarsening. The objective of this work has been to investigate if a high recrystallisation resistance can be achieved during extrusion of an Al-0.91 wt.% Mn-0.13 wt.% Zr-0.17 wt.% Sc-alloy, without first subjecting the material to precipitation annealing, i.e. to study if a more efficient production route can be applied to produce profiles with fibrous/unrecrystallised structures. Success requires rapid formation of dispersoids during pre-heating of as-cast extrusion ingot. One variant was therefore pre-heated and extruded directly after casting. This variant was compared to an ingot which was first subjected to precipitation annealing. Both variants displayed similar extrudabilities and completely fibrous as-extruded microstructures with no signs of recrystallisation, i.e. a shorter process route (without precipitation annealing) can be applied for the investigated alloy.
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