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- Title
Examining The Phase Formation of Aging and Shallow Cryogenic Process Applied to Aluminum Alloys with Thermal Analysis.
- Authors
ALTUNTAŞ, Gözde; BOSTAN, Bülent
- Abstract
In this study, cryogenic treatment was applied to the 7*** series alloy, which is one of the aluminum alloys frequently used in the aviation and space industry, after the retrogression and re-aging process, and the phase formations were examined by thermal analysis. First of all, solution heat treatment was applied at 480 °C for 2 hours and water was given. After quenching, artificial aging heat treatment was applied at 120 °C for 24 hours. To start the RRA (retrogression and re-aging) heat treatment, after artificial aging, retrogression was performed at 200 °C for 10 minutes and quenched. Then, re-aging was performed at 120 °C for 24 hours and the aging process was completed. After the RRA heat treatment, cryogenic treatment was applied for 2 hours at -40 °C, -80 °C respectively. The heat treated samples were analyzed with a differential thermal analyzer and the transformations of GP, n' and n phases were found. Since the n' phase is known as the strength-increasing phase in the structure, the activation energies of each sample were calculated using the Augis-Bennet and Kissinger equations. The results showed that the activation energy of the sample treated with -40 cryogenic treatment was 50% less than the sample without cryogenic treatment. This situation proved with the Arrhenius equation that the formation of the n' phase would be easier.
- Subjects
ALUMINUM alloys; THERMAL analysis; ARRHENIUS equation; LOW temperature engineering; METAL quenching
- Publication
Gazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Part C: Tasarım ve Teknoloji, 2024, Vol 21, Issue 1, p324
- ISSN
2147-9526
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29109/gujsc.1446429