Ultrafine-grained (UFG) state with a mean grain size of 180 nm was produced in a 6060 alloy of the Al-Mg-Si system by high pressure torsion (HPT). The UFG Al 6060 alloy demonstrated high strength: microhardness of 120 Hv and ultimate tensile stress of 525 MPa at room temperature. The tensile tests were carried out at temperatures 120, 150 and 180 °C with the strain rate 10−2, 5 × 10−3, 10−3, 5 × 10−4 and 10−4 s−1 to determine the best conditions for the manifestation ductility and study of changes in strength of the study material. It established, that the UFG alloy retains an increased 80% of level of strength at room temperature after deformation at elevated temperatures in the temperature range 120–150 °C. The results obtained are compared with changes of the microstructure and strength of the UFG alloy after annealing under similar temperature–time conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number130328
Number of pages3
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume301
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Oct 2021

    Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Science(all)

    Research areas

  • Al-Mg-Si alloy, Mechanical properties, Severe plastic deformation, Thermal stability, Ultrafine-grained microstructure, REFINEMENT, ELECTRICAL-CONDUCTIVITY, ULTRAFINE-GRAINED MATERIALS, STRENGTH, MG-SI ALLOY

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