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Effect of Solution Treatment on Ageing Behaviour of Al-Mg-Si-Sn Alloy

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In this study both natural ageing (NA) and artificial ageing (AA) behaviour of Al-Mg-Si aluminium alloy having trace addition of 0.04 wt.% Sn (Tin) was studied at different solution heat treatment (SHT) temperature and time, ageing time and temperatures. Microstructural analysis was performed to identify the intermetallic phases. It was observed that peak NA hardness strongly depends on the SHT temperature and time. SHT at 530 for 0.5 hour, slows down the peak NA hardness attaining time of the alloy to a maximum of 5 days. But as the SHT time increases to 3.5 hours, the peak NA hardness attaining time reduced to 1 day. Alloy SHT at 530 for 1 hour attain a maximum peak hardness of HRB 24 during 3 days of NA. Artificial ageing improved the hardness of the NA alloy to a maximum of HRB 41 during 12 hours of ageing at 190 . The overall hardness of Al-Mg-Si-Sn as-cast alloy increases by 32 % during ageing process.

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Monoj Baruah*, Anil Borah

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