The effects of a combination of extrusion processing parameters and aging schedules on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the 7055 AI alloy were investigated. A safe extrusion processing zone is determined through a limit diagram constructed over the experimental initial billet temperature ranging from 380 to 420 deg C, extrusion ratio from 10:1 to 40:1, and the ram speed ranging from 1 to 15mm s (exp-1). Microstructural characterization of as-extruded, solution-treated, and artificially-aged materials was carried out using polarized light microscopy (for grain structure) and transmission electron microscopy (for precipitate morphology). A combination of hardness and tensile tests was used to evaluate mechanical properties. It is shown that in 7055 Al alloy, the optimization of alloy composition, extrusion processing parameters, and peak aging treatment results in reproducible tensile properties of 0.2% P.S. = 725 MPa, UTS = 750 MPa, and % elongation = 12.9. In order to improve the stress-corrosion resistance of peak aged material, retrogression and reaging (RRA) temper was established. A strength-electrical conductivity relationship has been established for the RRA temper between 36% and 37% International Annealed Copper Standard (IACS) electrical conductivity to enable selection of suitable combination of properties.
Extrusion processing of high-strength Al alloy 7055
ICAMMP, International Conference on Advances in Materials and Materials Processing 2006, 2006 ; 424-428
Materials and Manufacturing Processes ; 22 , 3/4
2007
5 Seiten, 7 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 12 Quellen
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