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Annealing Effects in Cast Commercial Aluminium Al–Mg–Zn–Cu(–Sc–Zr) Alloys

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Precipitation reactions of the cast Al–3.4 at%Mg–2.7 at%Zn–0.80 at%Cu–0.10 at%Fe–0.05 at%Si alloy with and without addition of 0.14 at%Sc and 0.06 at%Zr were characterized by electrical resistometry, electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, microhardness testing, and positron annihilation. The AlMgZnCuScZr alloy contains a grain boundary T-phase (Mg32(Al,Cu,Zn)49) with a cubic and/or quasicrystalline structure. The AlMgZnCu alloy contains a mixture of MgZn2- and the T-phase. Primary multilayer Al3(Sc,Zr) particles precipitated during casting and subsequent cooling. The particles have a layered Al3(Sc,Zr) + α-Al + Al3(Sc,Zr) structure, i.e. consist of regions enriched with both Sc and Zr. Small atomic Mg,Zn(,Cu)-rich clusters coherent with the matrix were formed during the cooling of both alloys and/or in the course of their storage at ambient temperature. Their dissolution enables precipitation of the transient η′- and/or stable η-phases of the AlZnMgCu system in both investigated alloys. The effective activation energy for the dissolution of the clusters was calculated as ~ 103 kJ/mol. Annealing of the AlMgZnCuScZr alloy above 300 °C leads to a formation of the secondary Al3(Sc,Zr) particles which cause precipitation hardening and guarantee thermal stability of mechanical properties. Addition of Sc and Zr micro alloying elements resulted in a substantial grain refinement. The grain size remains unchanged up to isochronal annealing at 390 °C.

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This work was supported by The Czech Science Foundation (GACR), Project 17-17139S. The authors are also grateful to Ivana Stulíková, Tamara Čučková and Bohumil Smola for their help. PH acknowledges support by ERDF under the project CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000485.

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  1. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 3, 12116, Prague, Czech Republic

    Martin Vlach, Jakub Čížek, Veronika Kodetová, Tomáš Kekule, František Lukáč, Miroslav Cieslar, Hana Kudrnová, Lucia Bajtošová, Michal Leibner & Petr Harcuba

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Vlach, M., Čížek, J., Kodetová, V. et al. Annealing Effects in Cast Commercial Aluminium Al–Mg–Zn–Cu(–Sc–Zr) Alloys. Met. Mater. Int. 27, 995–1004 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-019-00499-6

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