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The Effect of Small Additions of Magnesium on the Preprecipitation Behavior of Al-Zn Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Robert W. Gould
Robert W. Gould*
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University of Florida Gainesville, Florida
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Abstract

Magnesium has been shown to have a marked effect upon preprecipitation processes occurring in aluminum-13 wt.% zinc alloys containing 0.025, 0.098, 0.17, 0.19, 0.23, and 0.27 wt.% magnesium. X-ray small-angle scattering and resistance measurements have been used to monitor the rate of growth of Guinier-Preston zones in quenched foils and wires. The following results have been obtained: (a) small additions of magnesium noticeably decrease the rate of growth of G-P zones but the final zone size reached in the magnesium containing alloys is generally larger than in Al-Zn alloys quenched and aged under identical conditions; (b) the general pattern of preprecipitation found in Al-Zn alloys is not seriously changed by these small additions of magnesium; (c) the dependence of the rate of preprecipitation on quenching temperature is shown to be a function of magnesium content and aging temperature; (d) the dependence of the rate of preprecipitation on aging temperature is influenced by the range of aging temperature, magnesium content, and the quenching temperature.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 10: Fifteenth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 10-12, 1966 , 1966 , pp. 185 - 203
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1966

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