Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 45, Issue 5, 502001(2018)

Heat Treatment Microstructures and TB Phase Precipitation of Laser Additive Manufactured Al-Li Alloys

Jiao Shikun1,2,3,4,5, Liu Shaoyin1,2,3,4,5, Liu Dong1,2,3,4,5, and Cheng Xu1,2,3,4,5、*
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    The Al-Li alloys are fabricated by the laser additive manufacturing technique, and the microstructures of the as-deposited Al-Li alloys are analyzed. The processing parameters for double-stage homogenization annealing and solution heat treatment are optimized, and the TB phase precipitation behavior is explored. The results show that, after the double-stage homogenization annealing and solution heat treatment, the amount of copper-rich phase with a low melting point precipitated on the grain boundary and within grains is reduced, and thus the uniformity of Al-Li alloy compositions is improved. The amount of the precipitated TB phase reaches the maximum at an aging temperature of 400 ℃, and with the further increment of the aging temperature, the amount of TB phase gradually decreases. In addition, the micro-hardness decreases first and then increases with the increase of the aging temperature.

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    Jiao Shikun, Liu Shaoyin, Liu Dong, Cheng Xu. Heat Treatment Microstructures and TB Phase Precipitation of Laser Additive Manufactured Al-Li Alloys[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2018, 45(5): 502001

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    Category: laser manufacturing

    Received: Dec. 11, 2017

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: May. 21, 2018

    The Author Email: Xu Cheng (chengxu@buaa.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/cjl201845.0502001

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