Print Email Facebook Twitter A Combined Electrochemical and Microstructural Analysis of Model AlMgSi(Cu) Alloys Title A Combined Electrochemical and Microstructural Analysis of Model AlMgSi(Cu) Alloys Author Zhan, H. Mol, J.M.C. Terryn, H.A. De Wit, J.H.W. Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Department Materials Science and Engineering Date 2007-10-07 Abstract Application prospects in automotive and aerospace industry have led to extensive studies on AA6xxx alloys in recent years because of their attractive combinations of properties. The benefits include formability, weldability, high strength to weight ratio and low cost. The main alloying elements in the commercial AA6xxx are Mg, Si, Fe and Cu. Mg and Si are usually used for strengthening purposes by precipitation hardening treatments at the expense of ductility. Cu is added to AlMgSi alloys to improve its ductility, for enhancement of the peak hardness and the precipitation hardening kinetics and furthermore it reduces the time to reach the peak hardness. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:079a7f4f-5cc3-4e4c-9779-0c862b1d68a0 Publisher The Electrochemical Society ISSN 1091-8213 Source Meeting Abstracts - Electrochemical Society, 212th ECS Meeting, Washington, USA, 7-12 October 2007: Light Alloys 3 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2007 The Author(s)The Electrochemical Society Files PDF deWit2.pdf 28.31 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:079a7f4f-5cc3-4e4c-9779-0c862b1d68a0/datastream/OBJ/view