Aging behavior of Al-Mg-Ge alloys with different Mg 2Ge contents

Tomoatsu Murakami*, Kenji Matsuda, Takeshi Nagai, Junya Nakamura, Tokimasa Kawabata, Susumu Ikeno

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Abstract

It is known that Al-Mg-Ge alloy shows the similar precipitation sequence to Al-Mg-Si alloy, and its equilibrium phase is β-Mg 2Ge according to its phase diagram. In this study, the precipitation sequence of Al-Mg-Ge alloys containing different contents of Mg 2Ge has been investigated by hardness test, TEM and HRTEM observation to understand the effect of Mg 2Ge contents on age-hardening behavior of the alloys. The hardness of as-quenched and peak-aged samples have been improved by increasing Mg 2Ge contents. The precipitates in the peak-aged samples have been classified into some metastable phases, such as the β'-phase and parallelogram-type precipitate by HRTEM observation. The relative frequency of these precipitates in the is has been changed with Mg 2Ge contents.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTHERMEC 2011 Supplement
Pages63-66
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event7th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, THERMEC'2011 - Quebec City, QC, Canada
Duration: 2011/08/012011/08/05

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume409
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, THERMEC'2011
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityQuebec City, QC
Period2011/08/012011/08/05

Keywords

  • Aging
  • Al-Mg-Ge
  • HRTEM
  • Mg Ge
  • Precipitation
  • TEM
  • β'

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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