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Influence of Pre-Straining and Pre-Ageing on the Age-Hardening Response of Al-Mg-Si Alloys
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The effect of pre-straining and pre-ageing on the age hardening response of Al-0.6%Mg-0.8%Si alloy is studied by Vickers hardness and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). It is found that pre-ageing can suppress the formation of unwanted clusters and keeps the structure stable for a certain time. A pre-ageing treatment can effectively reduce or avoid the negative effect of natural ageing on artificial ageing and even produce a positive effect. Cluster formation can also be reduced by pre-straining, but the kinetics of clustering is still similar to that of the as-quenched condition. In contrast, after pre-straining, the peak positions of β and β move to lower temperatures and peak hardness is achieved in a shorter time, indicating that the formation of β and β is accelerated by pre-straining. However, the negative effect of natural ageing still persists after pre-straining. Pre-straining before pre-aging can take advantage of both techniques and produce a positive strength response. For pre-straining after pre-aging, pre-straining tends to destabilize the structure created by pre-ageing and can reactivate the clustering process, which has negative effect on subsequent artificial ageing.
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903-908
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June 2014
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