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Effect of Al-Ti-C-La Composite Alloy on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 6063 Aluminum Alloy

ding wanwu
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Liu Xiaoxiong
,
Zhao Xiaoyan
,
Chen Taili
,
Zhang Haixia
,
Zhao Wenjun
,
Li Changfeng
Version 1 : Received: 5 July 2020 / Approved: 7 July 2020 / Online: 7 July 2020 (08:26:44 CEST)

How to cite: wanwu, D.; Xiaoxiong, L.; Xiaoyan, Z.; Taili, C.; Haixia, Z.; Wenjun, Z.; Changfeng, L. Effect of Al-Ti-C-La Composite Alloy on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 6063 Aluminum Alloy. Preprints 2020, 2020070115. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0115.v1 wanwu, D.; Xiaoxiong, L.; Xiaoyan, Z.; Taili, C.; Haixia, Z.; Wenjun, Z.; Changfeng, L. Effect of Al-Ti-C-La Composite Alloy on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 6063 Aluminum Alloy. Preprints 2020, 2020070115. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0115.v1

Abstract

In this paper, 6063 aluminum alloy for common building profiles is used as the research object. By adding a new Al-Ti-C-La composite alloy, the effect of 6063 aluminum alloy on the microstructure and properties of 6063 aluminum alloy is studied. The results show that Al-Ti-C-La composite alloy has obvious effect on grain refinement of 6063 aluminum alloy. With the addition of Al-Ti-C-La composite alloy, the grain size decreased significantly. When the addition amount of Al-Ti-C-La composite alloy is 1%, the grain size is reduced from 482 μm to 121 μm. Rare earth La is mainly distributed near the Mg2Si phase and β-AlFeSi, and complex compounds such as AlFeSiMgLa are formed. After aging for 270 days on the basis of T6 heat treatment, the tensile strength and elongation of 6063 aluminum alloy augmented with the addition of Al-Ti-C-La composite alloy, and the Vickers hardness gradually diminished. When the addition amount of Al-Ti-C-La composite alloy is 1%, the tensile strength, elongation and Vickers hardness of 6063 aluminum alloy reach 177.2 MPa, 17.8% and 60.9 HV, respectively, and the tensile strength is increased by 16.3%. The elongation is increased by 50.8%, the Vickers hardness is reduced by 15.4%, and the fracture of the alloy is mainly ductile fracture.

Keywords

6063 aluminum alloy; Al-Ti-C-La composite alloy; refinement effect; precipitated phase; mechanical properties

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Space and Planetary Science

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