The Effect of Heat Treatment for Alloys (Aluminum - Copper) on some Mechanical Properties

Abstract:

In this work, the preparation and processing of aluminum-copper alloys, which added amounts of copper to aluminum in different parentages (2, 4, 5%) so that it does not exceed the saturation limit for aluminum (6% Copper). After adding these specific amounts of copper to aluminum, have been melting each alloy to thaw copper in aluminum fully and diffusion copper atoms in it, and after that the specimens were prepared and quenched at 8-30 hours and rapid cooling in the water, and then were studied parameters of heat treatment and different percentages of copper. It is clear from the schemes and experimental results that each weight ratio of copper in aluminum has a different approach to reach the best mechanical properties. After performing mechanical tests and tests, it was found that the highest hardness of the (aluminum-copper) alloy in the case of (2% Cu) amounted to (120 HB) and in the case of (4% Cu) the amount (211 HB) and in the case of (5% Cu) the amount (188 HB).

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 345)
• Pages: 13-22
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-p5DpGy
• Online since: July 2023
• Authors: Abdullah Dhayea Assi*, Zahraa Thamer Abdulwahid, Salman Hussein Omran
• Keywords: Alloying, Alloys, Diffusion, Heat Treatment, Quenching, Saturation

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