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| Effect of Tempered Conditions on the Stress Corrosion Cracking of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy |
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| 北京航空材料研究院 |
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Abstract High strength Al-Zn-Mg-Cu aluminum alloys are widely used in airframe construction.However,this series of alloys are susceptible to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) to limit their usefulness.The tempered conditions and microstructural characteristics of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu aluminum alloys are well known to have a strong effect on SCC susceptibility.7B04 aluminum alloy belongs to Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys and is gained from 7A04 alloy through purification.The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the influence of tempered conditions upon the SCC susceptibility of 7B04 alloy.The SCC behavior of 7B04 plate material was investigated in short transverse direction performing constant load test usi
ng uniaxially smooth tension specimens,constant strain loaded tests using C-ring specimens and pre-cracking tests using double cantilever beam (DCB) specimens.The study also included the fractography examination by scanning electron micrograph (SEM).The results show that the resistance of SCC is much related to the tempered conditions.The SCC susceptibility of 7B04 alloy decreases from the near peak strength of T6 temper to over-aging T74 then to T73 condition.The threshold values of stress corrosion cracking (σth ) of T6 temper and T74 temperare 120 MPa and 300 MPa respectively.The threshold stress intensity factor for susceptibility to stress corrosion cracking (KISCC) of T74 temper is two times of T6 temper and the stage Ⅱ crack growth rate (da/dt)Ⅱ of T74 temper is also much lower than that of T651 temper.The fractographs of T6 temper and T74 temper reveal intergranular fracture.While the fractographs of T73 temper do not show intergranular fracture,but pitting corrosion characteristic and the KISCC is almost the same as KIC.This indicates that there is hardly SCC susceptibility for T73 temper.That is related to the microstructure difference when the temper is different.The main precipitated phases in the T6 temper are composed of G.P zone and small quantity of η′ phase,there is not the obvious precipitated free zone(PFZ),while in the T74 temper there are η′ and η phases and their sizes are getting bigger, and the precipitate free zone (PFZ) gets wider.The increasing of precipitate size and PFZ can generally improve the SCC resistance.
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Received: 20 December 2005
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