Abstract:One of the steps of the heat treatment process of age hardenable aluminum alloys is the quenching process in which the alloy is cooled from the solutionizing temperature. The objective is to quench sufficiently fast to avoid undesirable concentration of alloying elements in the defect and grain boundary structure, while at the same time not quenching faster than necessary to minimize residual stresses, which may lead to excessive distortion or cracking. Various studies have been conducted to predict the relati… Show more
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