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Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of A380 Aluminum Alloy Deposited by Cold Spray

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The microstructure and mechanical properties of cold-sprayed bulk A380 alloy were investigated after heat treatment at various conditions, using optical and electron microscopy and tensile and hardness tests, respectively. The results revealed that heat treatment increased the strength and ductility of the cold-sprayed A380 alloy deposits compared with as-sprayed state. Heat treatment showed two different effects on the mechanical properties of the deposits. On the one hand, it resulted in effective diffusion at interparticle boundaries that altered the particle bonding mechanism from pure mechanical interlocking to metallurgical bonding. Thus, the strength and ductility of the material were greatly enhanced. On the other hand, interparticle diffusion during high-temperature heat treatment resulted in growth of the Si phase and pores, which ultimately reduced the strength and elongation of the alloy. This observation was consistent with the hardness results, which showed a decreasing trend with increase of the heat treatment temperature.

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Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51671205) is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, People’s Republic of China

    Xiang Qiu, Ji-qiang Wang, Naeem ul Haq Tariq, Lawrence Gyansah & Tian-ying Xiong

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang, 110016, People’s Republic of China

    Xiang Qiu

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Science, No. 19 (A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

    Naeem ul Haq Tariq & Lawrence Gyansah

  4. Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science, Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Naeem ul Haq Tariq

  5. Qiushi Honors College, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, People’s Republic of China

    Jing-xuan Zhang

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Qiu, X., Wang, Jq., Tariq, N. et al. Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of A380 Aluminum Alloy Deposited by Cold Spray. J Therm Spray Tech 26, 1898–1907 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-017-0640-8

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