Rapidly modifying microstructure and mechanical properties of AA7150 Al alloy processed with electropulsing treatment

• 作者: Kai Chen Lihua Zhan Wenfang Yu
• 来源期刊: 材料科学技术（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（36）
• 页码范围: 172-179
• 页数: 8页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Studies show that the proper solid solution treatment (SST) is a key step in the precipitation strength-ening of AA7150 Al alloy.Despite the superior characteristics of the fully dissolved phase,it has major drawbacks,including high consumption of energy and low efficiency.Recently,electropulsing treatment(EPT) has been proposed to study dissolved precipitations and modify microstructures of AA7150 Al alloy faster than conventional SST.Experiments have been conducted in the present article,and the obtained results show that EPT can promote the rapid dissolution of the rl'phase at relatively low temperatures in only 20 s.Meanwhile,the strength and ductility of electropulsed samples decrease drastically.Compared with conventional SST,EPT accelerates recrystallization and obtains relatively fine grains after 20 and 50 s electric pulses.Moreover,as the EPT time increases,the corresponding non-uniform local heating and the electron force promote dislocation generation and annihilation.