TEM Observation of Precipitate Structures in Al-Zn-Mg Alloys with Additions of Cu/Ag

Abstract:

Al-Zn-Mg alloy has been known as one of the aluminum alloys with the good age-hardening ability and the high strength among commercial aluminum alloys. The mechanical property of the limited ductility, however, is required to further improvement. In this work, three alloys, which were added Cu or Ag into the Al-Zn-Mg alloy, were prepared to compare the effect of the additional elements on the aging behavior. The content of Ag and Cu were 0.2at.% and the same as, respectively. Ag or Cu added alloy showed higher maximum hardness than base alloy. The particle shape and rod shape precipitates were observed in all alloys peak-aged at 423K. According to addition of Ag or Cu, the number density of the precipitates increased higher than that of base alloy.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 794-796)
• Pages: 985-987
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.794-796.985
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Katsumi Watanabe, Kenji Matsuda*, Susumu Ikeno, Tomoo Yoshida, Satoshi Murakami
• Keywords: Ag, Age-Hardening, Al-Zn-Mg Alloy, Cu, Precipitates, TEM

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