The combined effects of the reduction ratio and annealing conditions during cold rolling were investigated for the texture and anisotropy of an EN AW-8011A aluminium alloy. To characterize the ...microstructural and textural differences, a scanning electron microscope with electron back-scattered diffraction was used. To achieve low anisotropy, the three key factors of texture were exposed: a low fraction of deformed grains according to the average grain misorientation, a large amount of random texture components and the equivalent ratio between deformed and recrystallised texture components. The results of crystallographic texture analysis and anisotropy values revealed that the higher ratio of total cold deformation (cold rolling reduction) and the higher ratio of cold deformation after the intermediate annealing were more favourable for the final continuous annealing in terms of decreasing anisotropy. In contrast, the lower ratio of the cold deformation resulted in lower anisotropy when implementing batch annealing.
We have studied the effects of different solution temperatures and holding times on the microstructure and room-temperature mechanical properties of the alloy using methods such as electron ...backscatter diffraction, hardness testing and tensile testing. The results showed that the average grain size increased significantly as the solution temperature increased, and many annealing twins appeared in the grains. The fraction of twin boundaries reached its maximum value at 1080 °C. The hardness, yield strength and tensile strength of the alloy decreased with an increase in the solution temperature, but abnormal yielding occurred at 1160 °C. The elongation after fracture and the area reduction increased with an increase in the solution temperature. The fracture morphology of the alloy was irregular, conical, accompanied by a large number of ductile dimples, and the material exhibited typical ductile fracture. At the same time, as the solution temperature increased, the number of dimples on the fracture surface continued to increase, the depth of the dimples gradually increased, and the distribution became more uniform.
The paper describes the production of an AlSi7Mg cast alloy with Li additions and the reactions of the melt with different moulding materials. It is known that Li is very reactive and tends to form ...various reaction products such as oxides, gases, etc., which can influence the casting quality. The aim of the research was to find a suitable way to produce such an alloy and to describe the reaction products that are formed between the melt and the moulding material and thus to find a suitable moulding material for processing Al cast alloys with Li additions. The melt was produced in an induction furnace under an inert atmosphere. After melting, 1 w/% Li was added and the melt was cast into five different mould materials consisting of graphite, steel, a CO2 sand mixture, Croning mixture and calcium silicate materials. In the last three cases, various alcohol-based coatings were also used, such as graphite, zirconium oxide-graphite coating and aluminate-graphite filler coating. The results showed that the reaction products in the form of powder on the casting surfaces and the gas porosity in the castings occurred in the cast of a calcium silicate mould and sand mould mixtures. In the case of graphite and steel moulds, the casting surfaces were not oxidised, with no reaction products, and no gas porosity.
A new refractory alloy, HfMoNbTiCr, was obtained by replacing Zr with Cr or Mo in the HfMoNbTiZr or HfNbTiCrZr alloys using vacuum arc melting. The phase components, microstructures and compressive ...properties of the alloy in the as-cast and annealed states were investigated. The results showed that the phase components changed from a single BCC phase in HfMoNbTiZr and BCC+Laves phases in HfNbTiCrZr to multiple phases – primarily two BCC phases and two cubic Laves phases – in HfMoNbTiCr. Notably, the yield and ultimate compressive strength of the as-cast alloy significantly increased from 1719 and 1803 MPa to 1851 and 2489 MPa, without a decrease in the ductility. The stress fields induced by Mo and the Cr-containing Laves phases were responsible for the enhanced strength, while the stiff network-like framework composed of intrinsically-strong Cr-containing Laves phases may have played a vital role in retaining the ductility.
The influence of chemical composition and heat treatment on the mechanical properties and formability of the selected commercial aluminium alloy EN AW 5454 was investigated. The main properties of ...alloy 5454 from the AA 5xxx series are very good corrosion resistant and has good formability. From the cast slab a 50 mm thick slice was taken in the width cross section in the slab centre. One half of the slice was homogenised for 10 hours at a temperature of 530 °C. The cast and homogenised samples were investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy. For the study of the influence of the heat treatment, samples in the as-cast state were annealed in the laboratory furnace at a temperature of 530 °C for 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 hours. To study the influence of chemical composition, four different samples were prepared: the first without additions, the second with an addition of 1 wt% Mn, the third with 3 wt% Mg and the fourth with an addition of both elements, Mn and Mg. The XRF analyses confirmed the desired chemical composition of all four produced alloys. Half of each alloy’s sample was homogenised at the same temperature and time as the base alloy in the as-cast state. The hot deformation behaviour of the different alloys was investigated using cylindrical hot compression tests performed on a Gleeble 1500D thermo-mechanical simulator. By comparing flow curves a high influence of the thermo-mechanical parameters on the alloy formability can be seen. The alloy has good workability and with the addition of Mn and Mg, the stress values are higher than those of the base alloy.
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