Papers by Keyword: Annealing Treatment

Abstract: Recrystallization often occurs in the production of aero engine turbine blades of single crystal superalloys. It is believed that annealing treatment can reduce the recrystallization tendency, as some of the casting residual stress is released. To evaluate the annealing effect on recrystallization, tensile test is carried out in present study for as-cast specimens of a second generation single crystal superalloy to induce stress. Two different annealing treatments are applied to the prestrained specimens, followed by the solution treatment at 1300^°C for 2h. In order to compare the effect of the annealing treatments, the specimens are investigated by x-ray Laue diffraction technique and metallographic observation. According to the comparison, the more effective annealing treatment is recommended.

Abstract: This paper study the effect of structural behaviour and electrical properties in cubic NaZn13-type La (FeSi)₁₃ compounds annealed at different high temperatures from 1000oC to 1200oC. The Raman spectroscopy measurement revealed a different level of coexistence of La (FeSi)₁₃-type phase and α-Fe in 1000oC, 1100oC and 1200oC annealed samples. The different level coexistence of the phases suggested that the samples show a significant phase change with different annealing temperature methods. This finding has also supported by impedance analyzer measurement, where the pattern shows that the 1000oC and 1100oC samples have similar behaviour waveform pattern compared to the 1200oC, which has different behaviour. Besides, the impedance pattern clearly shows that the propagation of the signal for the 1000oC and 1100oC before it arrives in the conductor state (R=0.00) has high resistive values compared to 1200oC annealed samples. Further investigation on the electrical properties was done with the conductivity and tan delta measurements. The results show that 1200oC annealed sample have a high value of conductivity (S=18μ S/m) compares with 1100oC (S= 0.1μ S/m) and 1000oC (S=4.89n S/m). The tan delta measurements found that samples annealed at 1200oC temperature has low value of resistivity (tan ɗ = 0.117) compares with 1100oC (tan ɗ = 0.335) and 1000oC (tan ɗ = 0.482) respectively.

Abstract: In this work, the effect of different annealing treatments on the phase transition, structural behaviour and thermal analysis of MnCoGe alloys has been analysed. The changes in the transition temperatures have been studied by Simultaneous Thermal Analysis (STA). The results show that the structural transition temperature (T_str) depends on the annealing treatment of the samples preparation. However, under the same heat treatment no significant change is observed on the curie temperature (T_c). The thermal analysis reveals endothermic peak which corresponds to the structural phase transition of the compounds. The microstructural evolution has been monitored using in-situ X-ray diffraction which made known this compound produce three type of structures which are hexagonal, orthorhombic and mix structure (hexagonal and orthorhombic).

Abstract: Ductile iron was prepared through Sandwich Process and annealing treatment was carried out. The effects of annealing treatment on the microstructure, mechanical and damping properties of ductile iron were studied by means of metallographic microscope, scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, universal test machine and dynamic thermal mechanical analyzer. The results show that annealing treatment has little effect on the morphology and distribution of graphite cast iron, but it will lead to the decrease of pearlite content in the matrix, the increase of ferrite content and the disappearance of cementite. Annealing transforms the fracture form of ductile iron from cleavage fracture to quasi-cleavage fracture, which greatly increases the ductile fracture area of the matrix compared with the as-cast, and tends to develop ductile fracture. The annealing treatment results in a decrease in the tensile strength of the ductile iron, but it can increase the plasticity and increase the elongation after fracture to 7.5 times that of the as-cast state. The damping value of as-cast ductile iron increases first and then decreases with the increase of temperature, and peaks at 190 °C when Q^-1 is 0.025. The damping value of annealing ductile iron decreases with increasing temperature. The damping value increases with increasing strain amplitude before and after annealing. Annealing treatment will reduce the sensitivity of the damping property of ductile iron to strain amplitude.

Abstract: In a previous study, the damping capacity gradually increased with increasing annealing time and temperature in AZ31. Also, at damping capacity test under similar conditions, AZ61 with a higher solute content showed a more rapid microstructure change than AZ31. In this study, it was investigated damping capacity on various aluminum concentration conditions in order to damping capacity that was influenced by microstructure and solute content. Three types such as pure Mg, AZ31 and AZ61 alloy of specimens were rolled at 673K with a rolling reduction of 30%, respectively. The annealing were conducted at various temperature and time. In this study, static recrystallization was occurred under all annealing conditions. The hardness gradually decreased until 60 minutes after the heat treatment. All annealing conditions, the damping capacity gradually increased with increasing annealing time and temperature. Especially, damping capacity and C₁ value were increased with a decreasing of solute content.

Abstract: Copper foils with 91% cold rolled deformation annealed at temperature between 140°C and 170 °C.The microstructures were observed by EBSD. The mechanical properties were measured at room temperature by tensile test machine and the fracture morphologies observed by SEM. After annealed at 150 °C, recrystallization begins to occur, while the elongation increases evidently and tensile strength decreases sharply. When the temperature rises to 170 °C, recrystallization is complete and the grain starts to grow. When the foils are annealed at 140 °C, it exhibits a strong cold rolling textures characterized by Brass {011}<211> and Cu {112}<111>. After annealed at 170 °C, there are olny weak Brass {011}<211> texture.

Abstract: Iron-based amorphous alloys have attracted technological and scientific interests due to their excellent soft magnetic properties. In the present study, Ni_0.5Zn_0.5Fe₂O₄/Fe₇₆Si₉B₁₀P₅ soft magnetic composites cylinder of 15 mm diameter and 3 mm thickness was prepared by spark plasma sintering at the temperature of 780 K. The amorphous Fe-based soft magnetic composites Ni_0.5Zn_0.5Fe₂O₄/Fe₇₆Si₉B₁₀P₅ exhibited good magnetic properties after annealing treatment at temperature ranging from 643 K to 743 K. The beneficial effects of treatment under different temperatures were discussed in terms of the improved magnetic performance of Ni_0.5Zn_0.5Fe₂O₄/Fe₇₆Si₉B₁₀P₅ soft magnetic composites.

Abstract: In aluminum alloy sheet metal forming process, annealing treatment can improve the mechanical properties. The tensile test for different temperatures of 400°C, 450°C, 500°C, 550°C respectively have been carried out from 1h to 12h.The result revealed that the ductility increased with the increase of annealing temperature. It is found that the annealing treatment at 500°C for 6 h can get a good property. Furthermore, the result of tensile test showed that the yield strength increased from 130MPa before cold rolling to 190MPa after annealed, and the elongation of the sheet increased to 28.6%. The result of stamping test verified that the limiting draw ratio (LDR) increased after annealing treatment from 1.15 to 1.56. The value of blank holder force for the cylindrical cup is becoming smaller after the annealing treatment. The microstructure investigations on experimental aluminum alloys after long-time annealing and cold rolling conditions were presented. The changes of the main structural contituents have been obviously observed, which improved the formability of the alloys.

Abstract: In this study, the bulk amorphous alloys with 3mm in diameter were prepared at different voltages adopting copper mould suction casting method by adding microelement Al to Fe-Cu-Si based amorphous alloy respectively. The microstructures, glass-forming ability, mechanical compressive properties of (Fe_0.34Cu_0.47Si_0.19)₉₅Al₅ amorphous composites annealed in different temperature were investigated. The results showed that re-melting of master alloy refined the solidified microstructure and homogenize the composition and microstructure. Moreover, the microstructure was stable with the increase of re-melting times. After relaxation and annealing at low temperature the majority of residual thermal stress was released during annealing at low temperature, with the enlargement of short-range order of amorphous microstructure and the decrease of the most adjacent inter-atomic distance. After proper annealing treatment the hardness and thermal stability of alloy were improved, indicating that the annealing treatment could improve the properties of amorphous alloy.

Abstract: In this paper, the effects of annealing treatment on the microstructure, thermal property and magnetic properties of mechanical alloyed FeSiBAlNiC and FeSiBAlNiCe amorphous high entropy alloys has been systematically investigated using X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, field emission scanning electron microscopy and alternation gradient magnetometry. The results showed that annealing at different temperature range induced the pronounced microstructural evolution from the amorphous phase to a mixture of amorphous phase and intermetallics but without any formation of solid solutions. In addition, the thermal stability and heat resistance were enhanced with increasing the annealing temperature. Similarly, annealing treatment also had significant effect on the particle morphology, making the particles evolve from near-round shape to plate-like shape. Furthermore, subsequent annealing of W6-Ce amorphous HEAs enhanced the saturation magnetization (Ms) remarkably (from 0.6 emu/g of 140 h as-milled W6-Ce to 20.17 emu/g). But for the Ms values of the 140 h as-milled amorphous W6-C HEAs, annealing in different temperature range all exhibited a slightly decreased effect.