Heat Treatment of Metals ›› 2022, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (3): 119-123.DOI: 10.13251/j.issn.0254-6051.2022.03.023

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Effect of solution temperature on microstructure and mechanical properties of 7075 aluminum alloy sheet

Ye Tuo1, Tang Ming1,2, Liu Jizhao1, Liu Wei1, Wu Yuanzhi1, Liu Wei1, Xu Wen1   

  1. 1. Research Institute of Automobile Parts Technology, Hunan Institute of Technology,Hengyang Hunan 421002, China;
    2. School of Architectural Engineering and Art Design, Hunan Institute of Technology, Hengyang Hunan 421002, China
  • Received:2021-10-27 Revised:2021-12-28 Online:2022-03-25 Published:2022-04-22

Abstract: Hardness and compression tests of 7075 aluminum alloy sheet treated by solution treatment at different temperatures were carried out. Microstructure evolution of the rolled 7075 aluminum alloy plate was analyzed by means of optical microscopy (OM), electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results show that with the increase of solution temperature, the hardness and maximum compressive strength of the 7075 aluminum alloy first increase and then decrease, which reaches the peak at 520 ℃. This is because the increase of solution temperature is conducive to dissolution of the second phase into the matrix, at the same time, the dislocation density decreases and the grains grow. The anisotropy of mechanical properties of the sheet decreases with the increase of solution temperature. This is because with the increase of solution temperature, the original deformed fiber structure transforms to equiaxed grains, and the phenomenon of grain growth occurs, and the preferred orientation decreases.

Key words: solution treatment, 7075 aluminum alloy, mechanical properties, microstructure

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