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Warm Tensile DeformaTion Behavior anD ConsTiTuTive equaTion of supersaTuraTeD soliD-soluTionizeD al-9mg exTruDeD alloy in this paper, as a purpose to apply the supersaturated solid-solutionized Al-9mg alloy to the structural sheet parts of automotive, tensile tests were conducted under the various conditions and a constitutive equation was derived from the tensile test results. Al-9mg alloy was produced using a special mg master alloy containing Al 2 Ca during the casting process and extruded into the sheet. in order to study the deformation behavior of Al-9mg alloy in warm temperature forming environments, tensile tests were conducted under the temperature of 373 K-573 K and the strain rate of 0.001/s~0.1/s. in addition, by using the raw data obtained from tensile tests, a constitutive equation of the Al-9mg alloy was derived for predicting the optimized condition of the hot stamping process. Al-9mg alloy showed uncommon deformation behavior at the 373 K and 473 K temperature conditions. The calculated curves from the constitutive equation well-matched with the measured curves from the experiments particularly under the low temperature and high strain rate conditions.

This paper aims to investigate the microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of hot-deformed AlMg4 alloys with Mn, Fe, and Si as the main impurities. For this purpose, solidification behavior and microstructural evolution during hot-rolling and heat-treatment processes are investigated by using theoretical calculations and experimental characterization. The crystallization and morphological transformation of intermetallic Al 3 Fe, Al 6 Mn, and Mg 2 Si phases are revealed and discussed in terms of the variation in chemical composition. Following a homogenization heat-treatment, the effect of heat treatment on the intermetallic compounds is also investigated after hot-rolling. It was revealed that the Mg 2 Si phase can be broken into small particles and spherodized more easily than the Al 3 Fe intermetallic phase during the hot-rolling process. For the Mn containing alloys, both yield and ultimate tensile strength of the hot-rolled alloys increased from 270 to 296 MPa while elongation decreased from 17 to 13%, which can be attributed to Mn-containing intermetallic as well as dispersoid.