Effects of Homogenization-Free on the Microstructures of an Al-Mg-Si-Cu Hot-Rolled Plate for Automotive Pannel

Abstract:

The microstructure of Al-1.01Mg-1.11Si-0.38Cu-0.69Mn aluminum alloy plate hot-rolled from homogenization and homogenization-free ingots were investigated by optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy assisted with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM/EDS). The results showed that there are 3 main kinds of constituents such as Mg₂Si, AlCuMgSi and AlFeMnSi in the as-cast Al-1.01Mg-1.11Si-0.38Cu-0.69Mn aluminum alloy ingot. After homogenization treated at 545°C for 24h, the black Mg₂Si and the white bright AlCuMgSi particles in the ingot dissolved into matrix, but the grey AlFeMnSi phase partly dissolved, contracted into sphere and become coarse, many ultrafine dispersoids appear in the dendritic arms. The constituents in the plates hot-rolled from the homogenization and homogenization-free ingots are both distributed as broken chains along the rolling direction. However, compared with the particles configuration in the plate that hot-rolled from homogenization ingot, the particles in the plate that hot-rolled from the homogenization-free ingot are finer, more numerous and more homogenous, and with insufficient recrystallization when the plates are solution treated at 545°C for 2 h and then water quenched.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 941)
• Pages: 1529-1534
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.941.1529
• Online since: December 2018
• Authors: Ni Tian*, Qi Long Liu, Zi Yan Zhao, Gang Zhao, Kun Liu
• Keywords: Al-Mg-Si-Cu Aluminum Alloy, Automotive Body Sheet, Homogenization-Free Treatment, Hot Rolling, Microstructure

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