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Particle Dissolution and Recrystallization Progress of Al–Mg–Si–Cu Alloy during Solution Treatment

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Particle dissolution and recrystallization progress of Al–Mg–Si–Cu alloy during solution treatment at 555°C was studied by microstructure, hardness and electrical conductivity characterization, and analytical calculation in the present study. The results show that recrystallization and dissolution could occur concurrently during solution treatment, and the solution time has an appreciable influence on hardness, electrical conductivity, secondary phase particles and grain structure of the Al–Mg–Si–Cu alloy. As the solution time increases, the hardness decreases at first, and then increases, and almost remains constant finally; the electrical conductivity decreases sharply at first, and then decreases slowly, and almost keeps constant finally. In addition, the microstructure transforms from the deformation elongated bands to recrystallization equiaxed grains, and the particles are gradually dissolved with the increase of the solution time. The dissolution of the particles may be completed in the range of 120–300 s and the recrystallization was finished not exceeding 60 s. The predicted dissolution time by an analytical model combining classical diffusion-controlled dissolution equation for a single spherical particle and a John–Mehl–Avarami-like (JMA-like) equation is approximately 170 s, which is consistent with the experimental results.

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under grant no. 2016YFB0300801 the Opening Project of State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metal Material under grant no. 2019-Z02 and National Science Foundation of China under grant no. 52075272; the Science Challenge Project under grant no. TZ2018001; Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China under grant no. LQ17E010001; Ningbo Natural Science Foundation under grant no. 2018A610174; Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo University under grant no. XYL18017 and the K.C. Wong Magna Fund from Ningbo University.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Impact and Safety Engineering, Ministry of Education, Ningbo University, 315211, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

    X. F. Wang, W. F. Peng & Y. G. Wang

  2. State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 100083, Beijing, China

    M. X. Guo, J. S. Zhang & L. Z. Zhuang

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, 341000, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

    H. B. Wang

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Wang, X.F., Guo, M.X., Wang, H.B. et al. Particle Dissolution and Recrystallization Progress of Al–Mg–Si–Cu Alloy during Solution Treatment. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 121, 1258–1265 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X20130189

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