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Distinct Hardening Behavior of Ultrafine-Grained Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy

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The age-hardening response for ultrafine-grained, powder-metallurgy-consolidated aluminum 7091 was investigated for the first time. Peak hardening occurred after aging at 353 K (80 °C) for only 4 hours; further aging for up to 26 hours resulted in only slight fluctuations in hardness values. After the 4-hour aging, the precipitate population consists of a high density of nanoscale GP zones (diameter ~3 nm) and nanoscale η′ phase (<30 nm); η phase is not present.

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The authors are grateful for the funding provided by the Office of Naval Research (Grant No. ONRN00014-12-1-0237) through Dr. Lawrence Kabacoff as the Program Officer. Henry Meeks and Jonathan Meeks of Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (Granite Bay, CA) are acknowledged for their technical advice during DMD forging.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, The University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA, 95616, USA

    Kaka Ma (Postdoctoral Scholar), Thale Smith (Undergraduate Researcher), Tao Hu (Postdoctoral Scholar), Troy D. Topping (Assistant Adjunct Professor, Assistant Professor), Enrique J. Lavernia (Distinguished Professor) & Julie M. Schoenung (Professor, Vice Chair)

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Troy D. Topping (Assistant Adjunct Professor, Assistant Professor)

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Ma, K., Smith, T., Hu, T. et al. Distinct Hardening Behavior of Ultrafine-Grained Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy. Metall Mater Trans A 45, 4762–4765 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-014-2498-4

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