Gao Guanjun, Li Xiwu, Xiong Baiqing, Li Zhihui, Zhang Yongan, Li Yanan, Yan Lizhen
State Key Laboratory of Non-Ferrous Metals and Processes, GRINM Group Co., Ltd., Beijing 100088, China.
GRIMAT Engineering Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 101407, China.
Materials (Basel). 2022 Aug 16;15(16):5638. doi: 10.3390/ma15165638.
Twin-roll casting (TRC), as a near-net-shape technology, is employed to fabricate age-hardened Al-Mg-Si alloy. Compared with conventional direct chill (DC) casting, the TRC method is much more economical and efficient. In this work, the microstructure, precipitates behavior, and mechanical properties of age-hardened Al-Mg-Si alloy sheet fabricated by TRC were investigated by hardness measurements and tensile tests, metallographic microscopy, field emission gun scanning electron microscope, electron backscatter diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry analyses. It was found that the size of recrystallized grains for DC casting alloy with finely dispersed particles was larger than that of TRC alloy with coarse particles. Typical Cube texture accompanied by P texture formed after solution treatment made the value of reach ~0.7 in the TRC alloy due to the PSN effect caused by the segregation of particles. More GP zones resulted in the strength of TRC alloy being higher than that of DC casting alloy after T8X treatment. With the time of paint-bake hardening extended to 8 h, few segregation particles remained in the TRC alloy. This decreased the concentration of supersaturated atoms. The hardness of the TRC alloy with the lower density of the β″ strengthening phase was lower compared to the DC casting alloy.
双辊铸轧(TRC)作为一种近终形技术,被用于制造时效硬化的Al-Mg-Si合金。与传统的直接水冷(DC)铸造相比,TRC方法更加经济高效。在这项工作中,通过硬度测量、拉伸试验、金相显微镜、场发射枪扫描电子显微镜、电子背散射衍射、透射电子显微镜和差示扫描量热法分析,研究了由TRC制造的时效硬化Al-Mg-Si合金板材的微观结构、析出行为和力学性能。结果发现,具有细分散颗粒的DC铸造合金的再结晶晶粒尺寸大于具有粗颗粒的TRC合金。固溶处理后形成的典型立方织构伴随着P织构,由于颗粒偏析引起的PSN效应,使得TRC合金中的 值达到~0.7。更多的GP区导致T8X处理后TRC合金的强度高于DC铸造合金。随着烤漆硬化时间延长至8小时,TRC合金中残留的偏析颗粒很少。这降低了过饱和原子的浓度。与DC铸造合金相比,β″强化相密度较低的TRC合金的硬度较低。