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Effect of Scandium on the Interaction of Concurrent Precipitation and Recrystallization in Commercial AA3003 Aluminum Alloy

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In the current study, the effect of Sc addition on the interaction of concurrent precipitation and recrystallization in commercial AA3003 aluminum alloy was investigated using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. In case of AA3003 alloy, which was cold rolled to a true strain of 2.20 and heated at a heating rate of 150 K/s, the onset of precipitation and ending of recrystallization are signified by the critical temperature, T C ~740 K (467 °C). There is a change in the shape of the recrystallized grains from pancake-like to equiaxed shape, as the annealing temperature increases greater than T C. In case of AA3003 alloy microalloyed with 0.4 wt pct of Sc, the high no. density precipitation of coherent Al3Sc precipitates always occurs before recrystallization because of the small nucleation barrier and high rate of decomposition. This leads to extremely coarse pancake-like recrystallization grains with high fraction of low-angle grain boundaries in the entire annealing temperature range, even at a high brazing temperature of 883 K (610 °C).

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The current study was sponsored by Jiangsu Science Foundation (BK2011615, BY2011145 and BA2011024). The authors gratefully acknowledge Jiangsu Alcha Aluminum Co. Ltd. for assistance in the preparation of the alloys.

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P.R. China

    Yiyou Tu (Associate Professor), Huan Qian (Ph.D. Student), Xuefeng Zhou (Lecturer) & Jianqing Jiang (Professor)

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Advanced Metallic Materials, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P.R. China

    Yiyou Tu (Associate Professor), Xuefeng Zhou (Lecturer) & Jianqing Jiang (Professor)

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Tu, Y., Qian, H., Zhou, X. et al. Effect of Scandium on the Interaction of Concurrent Precipitation and Recrystallization in Commercial AA3003 Aluminum Alloy. Metall Mater Trans A 45, 1883–1891 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-013-2136-6

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