The precipitation behavior and its influence on the electrical resistivity of the Al-0.96Mg2Si alloy during aging were investigated with in-situ resistivity measurement and transmission electron microscopy （TEM）. The precipitates of the peak aged alloy include both β＂ and if, but the amount ratio of β＂ to β＂ varies with the aging temperature and time increasing. The precipitates during aging at 175 ℃ are dominated by needle-like β＂ phases （including pre-β＂ phase）, the size of which increases with the time prolonging, but does not increase substantially after further aging. The evolution of electrical conductivity is directly related to such microstructural evolution. However, the hardness of the alloy stays at the peak value for a long term. When the alloy is aged at 195 ℃, the ratio of β＂ to β＇ becomes the main factor to influence relative resistivity （Ap） value. The higher the temperature is, the smaller the ratio is, and the faster the Ap value decreases. Moreover, the hardness peak drops with the decrease of the ratio. With the size and distribution parameters measured from TEM images, a semi-quantitative relationship between precipitates and the electrical resistivity was established.
采用硬度测试、室温拉伸、DSC分析、OM、SEM和TEM观察,研究复合添加微量Mn,Cr和Sr元素对汽车车身板用6016铝合金组织、时效硬化性与力学性能的影响。结果表明:添加Mn,Cr和Sr元素有效细化基体合金固溶后的再结晶晶粒并改变合金第二相的种类与分布。在6016合金中添加0.17%Mn+0.089%Cr+0.022%Sr(质量分数),对T4态塑性影响较小,但合金时效硬化速度、峰值硬度和时效态强度提高,模拟烤漆后屈服强度、抗拉强度分别提高27.8%和18.2%,屈服强度提高30 MPa。一方面Mn和Cr弥散相强化合金,另一方面Sr改变热力学平衡。并且Mn,Cr和Sr共同作用促进富铁相转变(β富铁相转变成α富铁相)使过剩Si含量增加,β″相析出激活能从105.7 k J/mol降至94.2 k J/mol,促进β″相弥散均匀析出,最终改善合金力学性能。
The effects of copper on the ageing precipitation behavior of as-quenched and pre-aged AA6016 aluminum alloy were studied by differential scanning calorimetry （DSC）, Vickers hardness measurement and transmission electronic microscopy （TEM）. The results indicate that the addition of copper facilitates the growth of clusters （GP I） to the critical size during pre-ageing. Therefore, the addition of copper accelerates the transition from GP I （pre-β＂） to GP II （β＂） during final artificial ageing, and finally results in the favorable paint-bake response. However, the one with the copper level of 0.3% does not show significant baking hardening response as expected. Pre-aging can also reduce the detrimental effect due to natural aging of copper-containing alloys.
