Effect of Solution Treatment on Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Series 7 Aluminum Alloy with Ultra-high Zn Content
Microns ultra-high Zn content(25%mass fraction)aluminum alloy powders were prepared by aerosol atomization in this experiment.Then the bulk high Zn content aluminum alloy with Fine and well-distributed secondary phases was fabricated by spark plasma sintering(SPS)using these high Zn content aluminum powders.The solution-natural aging treatments were also used to further optimize the composition,size and distribution of secondary phases.The tensile strength reached 540MPa and break elongation reached 5.3%when the solution treatment temperature was 400℃.The multiple process of gas atomization-SPS sintering-solution aging treatment provides a new preparation method to ultra-high Zn content 7xxx series aluminum alloys.