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Warm-temperature tensile ductility in Al−Mg alloys

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Several binary and ternary Al alloys containing from 2.8 to 5.5 wt pct Mg were tested in tension at elevated temperatures (200°C to 500°C) over a range of strain rates (10−4 to 2.0 s−1). Tensile ductilities of up to 325 pct were obtained in binary Al−Mg alloys with coarse grains deformed in the solute-drag creep regime. Under test conditions in which solute-drag creep controls deformation, Mg in concentrations from 2.8 to 5.5 wt pct neither affects tensile ductility nor influences strain-rate sensitivity or flow stress significantly. Strength is shown to increase with increasing Mg concentration, however, in the power-law-break down regime. The solute-drag creep process, which leads to superplastic-like elongations, is shown to have no observable grain-size dependence in a binary Al−Mg material. Ternary alloying additions of Mn and Zr are shown to decrease the strain-rate sensitivity during solute-drag creep, negatively influencing ductility. An important cause of reduced ductility in the ternary alloys during creep deformation is found to be a transition from necking-controlled failure in the binary alloys to cavitation-controlled failure in the ternary alloys investigated. An increase in ternary element concentration, which can increase the relative volume percentage of proeutectic products, increases cavitation.

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  1. Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas, 78712, Austin, TX

    Eric M. Taleff (Assistant Professor)

  2. Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, 94303, Palo Alto, CA

    Gregory A. Henshall (Group Leader)

  3. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 94550, Livermore, CA

    T. G. Nieh (Program Leader, Chemistry and Materials Science Department), Donald R. Lesuer (Group Leader, Manufacturing and Materials Engineering Division) & Jeffrey Wadsworth (Deputy Director for Science and Technology)

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Taleff, E.M., Henshall, G.A., Nieh, T.G. et al. Warm-temperature tensile ductility in Al−Mg alloys. Metall Mater Trans A 29, 1081–1091 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-998-1017-x

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