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A number of commercial and high-purity non-heat-treatable aluminum alloys are investigated in this work. It is found that both magnesium and manganese in solid solution give a nearly linear concentration dependence of the strength at a given strain for commercial alloys. This deviates from high-purity AlMg binary alloys, where a parabolic concentration dependence is found. Mn in solid solution is found to give a considerably higher strengthening effect per atom than Mg, both in terms of yield stress and initial work hardening rate. This strengthening effect is stronger comparing commercial grades to high-purity alloys. This enhanced strengthening is believed to be a synergy or clustering effect caused by interaction between Mn atoms and trace elements, probably silicon, in solid solution.
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Ryen, Ø., Holmedal, B., Nijs, O. et al. Strengthening mechanisms in solid solution aluminum alloys. Metall Mater Trans A 37, 1999–2006 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-006-0142-7
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