Insight into the partial solutionisation of a high pressure die-cast Al-Mg-Zn-Si alloy for mechanical property enhancement

Wenchao Yang; Lin Liu; Jun Zhang; Shouxun Ji

doi:10.1016/j.msea.2016.11.028

Insight into the partial solutionisation of a high pressure die-cast Al-Mg-Zn-Si alloy for mechanical property enhancement

Wenchao Yang
, Lin Liu
, Jun Zhang
, Shouxun Ji

School of Materials Sience and Engineering

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Abstract

A partial solution treatment was investigated to enhance the mechanical properties for a die-cast Al-Mg-Zn-Si alloy. The strengthening mechanism was identified that the Mg₃₂(Al, Zn)₄₉ intermetallics and equilibrium η-MgZn₂ phase formed in the as-cast microstructure were partially dissolved into the α-Al matrix during solutionising and the fine semi-coherent η'-MgZn₂ phase was precipitated during subsequent aging. Consequently, the unique microstructure was characterised by the co-existence of equilibrium η-MgZn₂ phase and metastable η'-MgZn₂ phase in the α-Al matrix, together with the un-changed Mg₂Si eutectic and remnant Mg₃₂(Al, Zn)₄₉ intermetallics in the Al-Mg-Zn-Si alloy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	85-89
Number of pages	5
Journal	Materials Science and Engineering: A
Volume	682
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2016.11.028
State	Published - 13 Jan 2017

Keywords

Aluminium alloys
Heat treatment
High pressure die-casting
Mechanical property
Microstructure

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Insight into the partial solutionisation of a high pressure die-cast Al-Mg-Zn-Si alloy for mechanical property enhancement

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