This work proposes studying the softening kinetics of aluminum alloy 7075-T6. Firstly, AA 7075 strips were overaged (300°C and 5 hours). Then, the overaged strips were cold-rolled at room temperature (45% in thickness reduction) and, after that, annealed at different temperatures (200°C and 250°C) and time intervals (30 minutes-4 hours). By using polarized light microscopy, EBSD and Vickers hardness measurements, the softening mechanisms were determined and proper mathematical models (Kuhlmann, Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov and Austin-Rickett) were used to analyse the experimental data. The results show that although almost all observed softening can be attributed to recovery, the phenomena is well described by using mathematical models for phase transformations (JMAK and Austin Riccket). In order to promote recrystallization of overaged AA 7075, an additional thickness reduction (75%) were used. These samples were annealed isocronically during 1 hour (100-400°C) and it was found that recrystallization only took place at 400°C.
This work presents a study about the softening after cold rolling and annealing of aluminium alloy AA 7075. Firstly, polarized light optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, electrical conductivity and Vickers hardness have been used at the starting material (T6). The samples were then separated in two groups. The former underwent a solubilization heat treatment (485°C for 5 hours) whilst the latter underwent an overaging treatment to grow up the existing precipitates (300°C for 5 hours). Both groups of treated samples were again characterized by the techniques described above (except optical microscopy). In the rolling stage, the difficulty in straining the solubilized sample and the relative ease for doing so to the overaged sample was verified. It was therefore decided to conduct the study with the samples of the second group, which were 45%, 75% and 90% rolled in thickness reduction. Then, they underwent isothermal and isochronous treatments in order to study its softening kinetics by Vickers hardness measurements, polarized light optic microscopy and EBSD. The overaged and rolled samples (45% in thickness reduction) didn't present evidences of recrystallization except by very few grains found via EBSD (in samples treated from 250 ° C for 1 hour). So, most of the observed softening can be explained by recovery. In addition, the softening kinetics of the annealed samples in this group showed good agreement with the logarithmic law proposed by Kulhmann (1948) and (coincidentally) also with the consolidated JMAK model. The overaged samples that underwent thickness reduction of 75% and 90% showed a similar behavior (that is, mainly recovery) for annealing at temperatures up to 350 ° C. Annealing at 400 ° C promoted total recrystallization of the samples from this group (75% and 90% in thickness reduction) in less than 15 minutes. Thus, it was not possible to study the kinetics of recrystallization for this second group of samples.
Resumo A liga de alumínio AA 7075 recebida no estado T6 (conformada e envelhecida artificialmente) sofreu tratamento térmico a 300°C com o objetivo de causar o engrossamento das partículas de MgZn2, intermetálico responsável pelo endurecimento do material. As amostras foram então deformadas 45% em redução de espessura por laminação e recozidas isotermicamente a 200°C e a 250°C por tempos variados para estudar a cinética de amolecimento por meio de medidas de dureza Vickers. Os resultados indicam que a cinética de amolecimento em ambas as temperaturas de recozimento aproxima-se do comportamento previsto pelo modelo Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov (JMAK) com boa concordância (coeficientes de correlação de 0,9725 e 0,9140 a 200°C e a 250°C, respectivamente), ainda que as micrografias ópticas da amostra recozida a 300°C por 4 horas não evidenciem a ocorrência de recristalização.
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