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Recrystallization of Hot-Rolled 2A14 Alloy During Semi-Solid Temperature Annealing Process

Version 1 : Received: 25 February 2023 / Approved: 27 February 2023 / Online: 27 February 2023 (03:34:13 CET)

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Liu, Y.; Jiang, J.; Zhang, Y.; Huang, M.; Dong, J.; Wang, Y. Recrystallization of Hot-Rolled 2A14 Alloy during Semisolid Temperature Annealing Process. Materials 2023, 16, 2796. Liu, Y.; Jiang, J.; Zhang, Y.; Huang, M.; Dong, J.; Wang, Y. Recrystallization of Hot-Rolled 2A14 Alloy during Semisolid Temperature Annealing Process. Materials 2023, 16, 2796.

Abstract

In this paper, in order to provide proper parameters for the preparation of semi-solid billets, the semi-solid annealing of hot-rolled 2A14 Al alloy was investigated. The microstructure was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) with X-ray energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) and electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD), scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM). XRD results show that with the increase of temperature, equilibrium θ-Al2Cu gradually dissolved in the matrix. The EDS results of SEM and STEM show that there were coarse θ-Al2Cu phase, ultra-fine precipitate Al(MnFeSi) or (Mn, Fe)Al6 phase and atomic clusters in the microstructure. EBSD results show that the recrystallization mechanism was dominated by continuous static recrystallization (CSRX), the homogeneous nucleation occurred when the sample was heated to near solidus temperature, and CSRX happened in the semi-solid temperature. In the process of recrystallization, the micro-texture changed from preferred orientation to random orientation. A variety of experimental results show that static recrystallization (SRX) occurred at semi-solid temperature due to the blocking effect of atomic clusters on dislocation slip and the Zener drag effect of fine precipitates on low angle grain boundaries (LAGBs) disappeared with melting at semi-solid temperature.

Keywords

semi-solid annealing; 2A14 aluminum alloy; hot-rolled; EBSD; TEM; recrystallization

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Metals, Alloys and Metallurgy

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