摘要
本文采用显微硬度计和透射电子显微镜(TEM)表征手段,研究不同时效温度(120、160、200°C)对Al–Cu–Li–Mn–Zr合金析出行为的影响。通过分析不同时效温度下的时效硬度曲线可以得出,随着时效温度的升高,析出相的析出速度加快。此外,由TEM表征结果可知,当时效温度为120°C时,峰值态样品的析出相主要为δ'相(Al_3Li)、GP区/θ'相(Al_2Cu)和χ相(Al_5Cu_6Li_2),其析出量明显高于T_1相;当时效温度为160°C和200°C时,样品峰值态的析出相主要为T_1相,并有较少的δ'相和GP区/θ'相,而χ相几乎不存在。对T_1相进行定量统计可知,与时效温度为160°C的峰值态样品相比,时效温度为200°C时峰值态样品的主要析出相T_1相的直径更大,且面积分数更小,文本对这些现象的产生原因进行了阐述和讨论。
The precipitation behaviors of an Al–Cu–Li–Mn–Zr alloy at different ageing temperatures(120, 160 and 200 oC) were investigated using Vickers hardness measurements and transmission electron microscopy(TEM) characterization. Age hardening curves show an increase in precipitation kinetics with increasing ageing temperature. The results of TEM show that for the samples peak aged at 120 oC, the amount of δ'(Al_3Li), GP zones/θ'(Al_2Cu) and χ(Al_5Cu_6Li_2) phases is obviously higher than that of T_1(Al_2CuLi) precipitates; while the samples peak aged at 160 and 200 oC are usually dominated by T_1 phase with a minor fraction of GP zones/θ' and δ', and the χ phase almost does not form. In addition, quantitative analysis on the T_1 platelets demonstrates that the samples peak aged at 200 oC have larger plate diameter and smaller area fraction of T_1, as compared to the samples peak aged at 160 oC. Correspondingly, the possible reasons for such phenomena are discussed.
引文
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