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Effect of aging on microstructural development in an Al–Mg–Si alloy processed by high-pressure torsion

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Experiments were conducted to evaluate the microstructural evolution in a commercial Al-0.6 % Mg-0.4 % Si alloy processed using high-pressure torsion for up to 20 turns. Disks of the alloy were tested in two different conditions: in a solution-treated condition and after a short aging treatment at 523 K. The results show that HPT processing introduces significant grain refinement through HPT processing including a reduction in grain size from ~150 µm to ~720 nm in 1 turn of HPT. The final grain size in this alloy was ~250 nm after 20 turns. Some tensile tests were conducted to evaluate the mechanical properties of the alloy at the solution treatment temperature. The results from these tests show that aging at 523 K leads to a small increase in ductility for all tensile samples with a maximum recorded elongation of ~230 %.

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This study was supported in part by the National Science Foundation of the United States under Grant No. DMR-0855009 and in part by the European Research Council under ERC Grant Agreement No. 267464-SPDMETALS.

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  1. Physics Department, Science Faculty, Aljouf University, P.O. Box 2014, Skaka, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Aicha Loucif

  2. Laboratoire de Physique de Rayonnements (LPR), Département de Physique, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Badji Mokhtar, BP 12, 23000, Annaba, Algeria

    Aicha Loucif & Rafik Chemam

  3. Department of Materials Engineering and Civil Construction, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil

    Roberto B. Figueiredo

  4. Departments of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-1453, USA

    Megumi Kawasaki & Terence G. Langdon

  5. Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-791, South Korea

    Megumi Kawasaki

  6. Université Paris-Sud, ICMMO, UMR CNRS 8182, Bât. 410, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France

    Thierry Baudin & François Brisset

  7. Materials Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

    Terence G. Langdon

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Loucif, A., Figueiredo, R.B., Kawasaki, M. et al. Effect of aging on microstructural development in an Al–Mg–Si alloy processed by high-pressure torsion. J Mater Sci 47, 7815–7820 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-012-6400-8

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