US2248185A - Heat treatment of aluminum base alloys - Google Patents

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US2248185A
US2248185A US283995A US28399539A US2248185A US 2248185 A US2248185 A US 2248185A US 283995 A US283995 A US 283995A US 28399539 A US28399539 A US 28399539A US 2248185 A US2248185 A US 2248185A
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    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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    • C22C21/00Alloys based on aluminium
    • C22C21/10Alloys based on aluminium with zinc as the next major constituent
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    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22FCHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS AND NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C22F1/00Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working
    • C22F1/04Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working of aluminium or alloys based thereon
    • C22F1/053Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working of aluminium or alloys based thereon of alloys with zinc as the next major constituent

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  • This invention relates to aluminum base alloys containing zinc, magnesium, copper, and manganese, and is more particularly concerned with the treatment of such alloys to prevent corrosion thereof.
  • aluminum base alloys I mean alloys containing more than 50 per cent aluminum.
  • a large number of aluminum base alloys are susceptible to improvement in tensile strength, yield strength, hardness, and other physical properties by various thermal treatments.
  • One of the most common of these treatments which is usually employed in combination with a subsequent precipitation or age-hardening treatment and is often referred to as a solution heat-treatment, consists in subjecting the alloy to a tem:- perature and for a time sufiicient tocause solution of a substantial quantity of the soluble elements of the alloy but below the fusion temperature of the alloys lowest melting point constituent. These elements then may be retained in solution by a relatively rapid cooling or quenching to room temperature.
  • the strength, hardness and other properties of some aluminum alloys may be further improved if the alloys are permitted to stand or age for a few days, or are artificially aged at a temperature of about 200 F. to 350F. for a shorter period of time.
  • the object of my invention is to improve theresistance to corrosion of articles of thermally treated aluminum base alloys containing zinc, magnesium, copper, and manganese, and espeto stress. More particularly, the object of the invention is to "provide such a method for-im-' proving the resistance to corrosion of articles of alloys of the class above described, following their solution heat-treatment, which avoids the distortion resulting from the drastic quenching or rapid cooling of such articles.
  • the specific object of my invention is to provide a method for'improvingthe resistance to corrosion of such articles of aluminum basealloys containing-zinc, magnesium, copper, and manganese which have 1 been subjected to solution heat-treatment and have been cooled ata relatively slow rate and subsequently artificially aged. Other.
  • objects ing, and artificial aging are the aluminum base alloys containing zinc, magnesium, copper, and manganese.
  • Such alloys are heated to a temperature between about 850 F. and 1000 F. and maintained at that temperature for a period of from about 5 minutes to about 10 hours in order to place a substantial portion of the soluble constituent of the alloy in solution, and, following quenching to'normal temperature, they are aged usually for about 2 to 30 hours at a temperature between about 200 F. and about 350 F.
  • These alloys develop high tensile and yield strengths and other desirable properties when treated as above described. However, unless they are very rapidly or drastically cooled, following age-hardening they sometimes develop a susceptibility to a type of intergranular corrosion when exposed to corrosive conditions. This attack is believed to be due to the precipitation within the metal of a portionofuthe soluble alloying constituent will appear in the following description of the invention.
  • My invention is predicated upon the discovery that the resistance to corrosion of solution treated and relatively slowly quenched articles of aluminum base alloys containing zinc, magnesium, copper, and manganese may be increased if they are given a comparativelylow temperature heattreatment following the normal artificial agehardening thereof.
  • This treatment preferably is carried out by heating the articles at the termination of their artificial age-hardening period for a duration of between about 15 minutes and about 2 hours at a temperature of about 350 F. to 450 F.
  • the articles then may be cooled to room temperature in any convenient manner, as, for instance, bynatural cooling or by quenching, without distortion of their shape.
  • This treatment may be practiced at very little expense and is adaptedto be carried out in the heat-treating equipment commonly used.
  • the above described method has been found to be particularly adapted to aluminum base alloys containing between about 3 per cent and about 10 per cent zinc, between about 0.75 per cent and about 4 per cent magnesium, between about .05 per cent and about 3 per cent copper,
  • the invention may be practiced with advantage to increase the resistance to stress corrosion of articles of other aluminum base alloys containing zinc, magneslum, copper, and manganese which have been cooled from the solution heat-treatment temperature at a relatively slow rate and subsequently age-hardened; and the invention may be utilized with particular advantage where itis desirable to avoid distortion of the shape 01' articles of suchalloys which are .to be subjected to solution heat-treatment and age-hardening.
  • a method of heat-treating an aluminum base alloy containing zinc, magnesium, copper, and manganese which comprises heating the alloy at a temperature and for a time sufficient to place a substantial portion of its soluble constituent in solution, quenching the alloy, artificially aging the alloy, and subsequently heating the alloy between 350 F. and 450 F. for from about 15 2.
  • a method of heat-treating an aluminum base alloy containing zinc, magnesium, copper, and manganese which comprises heating the alloy between 850 F. and 1000 F. for from minutes to hours, quenching the alloy at a relatively slow rate, aging the alloy between 225 F. and 350 F.
  • a met 0d of heat-treating an aluminum base alloy conta 'ng from about 3 per cent to about 10 per cent zinc, from about 0.75 per cent to about 4 per cent magnesium, from about 0.5 per cent to about 3 per cent copper, and .from about 0.1 per cent to about 1.5 per cent manganese,
  • which method comprises heating said alloy at a temperature and for a time suflicient to place a substantial portion of the soluble constituent thereof in solution, quenching the alloy at a relatively slow rate, artificially aging the alloy, and subsequently heating the alloy at a temperature of between 350 F. and 450 F. for a period of from about 15 minutes to about 2 hours.
  • a method of heat-treating an article of aluminum base alloy, said alloy containing zinc, magnesium, copper, and manganese which comprises heating the article at a temperature and for a time sufficient to place a substantial portion of the soluble constituent of said alloy in solution, quenching the article at a rate sumciently 510w to avoid distortion of the shape of the article and sufliciently rapid to retain a substantial portion of the constituent of said alloy in solid solution, artificially aging the article, and subsequently heating the article between 350 F.
  • a method of heat-treating an aluminum base alloy containing zinc, magnesium, copper, and manganese which comprises heating the alloy at a temperature and for a time sufiicient to place a substantial portion of its soluble constituent in solution, air quenching the alloy, artificially aging the alloy, and subsequently heating the alloy between 350 F. and 450 F. for a period of from about 15 minutes to about 2 hours.

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CH226273D CH226273A (de) 1939-07-12 1940-05-23 Verfahren zur Wärmebehandlung von Gegenständen aus einer Aluminium-Legierung.
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