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Quench Sensitivity in a Dispersoid-Containing Al-Mg-Si Alloy

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The quench sensitivity of a 6000 series alloy with a high content of dispersoids was studied over a wide range of cooling rate and natural-aging (NA) time. Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and transmission electron microscopy were used to characterize the clustering and precipitation reactions. The alloy showed significant quench sensitivity after short NA (2 and 30 minutes), but the quench sensitivity was lower after long NA (24 hours). The quench sensitivity after the long NA can be accounted for by the solute loss due to the formation of nonhardening β′ precipitates on the dispersoids during cooling from solution treatment. For short NA, however, quenched-in vacancies and modifications to the precipitation sequence also have substantial contributions to the quench sensitivity. The current study provides new insight into the quench sensitivity of 6000 series alloys that contain a high dispersoid density.

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The CAST Co-operative Research Centre was established under, and was supported in part by, the Australian Government’s Co-operative Research Centre Program. The Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy is thanked for allowing access to its facilities. Mr. Andy Yob of CSIRO is thanked for making available the samples used in this study. ME also gratefully acknowledges the support of the ARC Training Centre for Lightweight Automotive Structures (Project Number IC160100032).

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  5. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University, VIC, 3800, Australia

    Suming Zhu & Lisa Sweet

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Strobel, K., Easton, M.A., Lay, M.D.H. et al. Quench Sensitivity in a Dispersoid-Containing Al-Mg-Si Alloy. Metall Mater Trans A 50, 1957–1969 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-019-05130-2

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