中国有色金属学报(英文版)
Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China
| Vol. 14 No. 3 June 2004 |
mechanical property of Al-Si-Cu-Mg cast alloys①
（1. Department of Material Engineering,
Shenyang Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Shenyang 110034, China;
2. School of Materials Science and Engineering,
Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110023, China;
3. Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China）
Abstract:Through morphology observation on silicon particles of Al-Si-Cu-Mg cast alloy, it is found that during solution treatment the evolution of eutectic silicon morphology and their effect on mechanical properties can be classified into three stages. In the initial stage, necking, stubbing and fragmentation of silicon particles result in the improvement of plasticity of alloy. In the intermediate stage, the mechanical properties of 354 alloy attain peak values due to spheroidization of silicon particles. In the final stage, the drop of hardness and strength is related to the deterioration of silicon morphology. The facets and lap occur in silicon particles and the coarsening process of silicon follows LSW model. During aging, the clusters of excess silicon can work as barriers for dislocation movement and thus enhance the strength of alloy. On the oth-
er hand, excess Si affects the process of aging precipitation and leads to a fine and highly dense distribution of GP zones,finally effectively strengthens the alloy.
Key words: Al-Si-Cu-Mg alloy; eutectic silicon; mechanical property; heat treatment; quantitative metallography
