Redistribution and re-precipitation of solute atom during retrogression and reaging of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1005-1011

  NING, Ai lin ^a,b   LIU, Zhi yi ^a   PENG, Bei shan ^b   ZENG, Su min ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHAOYANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Al Zn Mg Cu; aluminum alloy; PFZ; retrogression and reaging

Indexed keywords

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HARDNESS; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGING STRENGTH; RETROGRESSION AND REAGING; SOLUTE ATOM;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 36148973190     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(07)60216-7     Document Type: Article

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