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An Investigation into the Microstructure of Friction-Stir Welded and Artificially Aged AA2017

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Microstructural changes in friction-stir welding (FSW) of artificially aged AA2017 were investigated. First, FSW was performed with rotational and linear speeds of 800 rpm and 40 mm/min, respectively. Then, microstructural studies by means of optical metallography and electron microscopy were conducted in different regions of the welded plates. Hardness testing was also employed to determine local strength and subsequent natural aging progress after welding. The results indicate that the considerable hardness degradation occurs in the thermo-mechanically affected zone owing to coarsening of semi-coherent precipitates. Grain refinement also takes place in the weld nugget as a result of dynamic recrystallization and it results in a fine-grained structure with the mean grain size to 5 μm. On the other hand, the initial precipitate distribution is completely vanished in the weld nugget and instead, spherical-shaped particles are formed. Moreover, natural aging after FSW occurs in the welded sample and leads to considerable increase in the hardness of the weld nugget zone.

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Mirjalili, A., Aval, H.J. & Serajzadeh, S. An Investigation into the Microstructure of Friction-Stir Welded and Artificially Aged AA2017. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 22, 3566–3571 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-013-0640-x

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