Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
In the present study, Al-Cu alloy with varying manganese content (0.2-0.8 wt%) were prepared and deformed via cold-rolling up to various (30%-70%) height reductions. The objective is to evaluate the synergistic effect of Mn addition and cold rolling on the precipitation behaviour and texture evolution for Al-Cu-Mn (ACM) alloys. Subsequently, mechanical characterizations were carried out in order to optimize the composition and processing conditions for ACM alloys. The alloys were cast, homogenized, cold-rolled and finally aged to T8 conditions. As it seems, Mn content considerably alters the precipitation behaviour for wrought ACM alloy; at lower Mn level the alloy contains θʹ precipitates wherein Mn atoms stabilize the precipitate by segregation at the semi-coherent interfaces. On the other hand, T-phase (Al20Cu2Mn3) precipitates form at higher Mn level along with θʹ precipitates. Cold-rolling in general introduces significant amount of dislocations which acts as heterogeneous nucleation sites for precipitates and accelerates the ageing process. On cold-rolling, typical texture components e.g. Cube {001}<100>, Copper {112}<111>, Brass {110}<112>, S{123} <634> and Goss {110} <001> as well as texture fibres e.g. β fiber appears for the ACM alloys irrespective of the Mn content. The strength of the overall texture evolution increases as well as the relative intensity of various texture components varies with the degree of deformation in cold-rolling. The cumulative effect of strengthening precipitates and deformation texture influences the mechanical response of the ACM alloy system.
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