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The Application of Canned Deformation to a Hard-Deformed Spray-Deposited Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy

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A wide variety of industrial applications require Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys with high strength and ductility. However, Zn-rich Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys prepared by rapid solidification methods usually show excellent strength but poor formability, which restricts their wide application in complex forming. In this study, we developed a new deformation method for the spray-deposited Zn-rich Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy to avoid crack formation and achieve isotropic properties. The microstructure evolution and crystallographic textures were analyzed and compared with the results of a normal deformation process. Crack-free forgings with the ultimate tensile strength (UTS), yield strength (YS) and elongation of 727 ± 5 MPa, 690 ± 3 MPa, 5.0 ± 0.7% along the radial direction and 735 ± 2 MPa, 693 ± 3 MPa, 6.3 ± 0.2% along the tangential direction were finally obtained. The improvement in the mechanical properties can be attributed to the larger amount of subgrains and substructures generated in the canned deformed alloy. The results of this study show excellent advantages and potential application prospects of the canned deformation to hard-deformed Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys.

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51375110) and the Short-doctoral Visiting Scholar Program of Harbin Institute of Technology.

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  1. School of Materials Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, 201620, China

    Haichao Li & Zhishui Yu

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Haichao Li, Fuyang Cao, Shu Guo, Wanting Sun & Jianfei Sun

  3. College of Mechatronics and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China

    Pei Wang

  4. Laboratory for Microstructures, Institute of Materials, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China

    Yandong Jia

  5. IFW Dresden, Institute for Complex Materials, D-01069, Dresden, Germany

    Sergio Scudino

  6. Southwest Technology and Engineering Research Institute, Chongqing, 400039, China

    Qiang Chen

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Li, H., Cao, F., Wang, P. et al. The Application of Canned Deformation to a Hard-Deformed Spray-Deposited Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 28, 3531–3538 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-019-04122-y

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