The Jominy end-quench test for investigation of corrosion properties and microstructure of high strength aluminium alloys

The Jominy end-quench test was applied to extruded rods of the aluminium alloys 2024 and 7075 to obtain a decreasing quench rate over the length of the rods. Subsequently the alloys were heat treated to the conditions: 2024-T4, 2024-T6, 7075-T73. A corrosion investigation and a transmission electron microscopy investigation were performed to...

Stress corrosion resistance of damage tolerant aluminium-lithium sheet materials

The SCC resistances of three damage tolerant aluminium sheet materials were determined by means of the ASCOR (Automated Stress COrrosion Ring) test. The conventional damage tolerant sheet material 2024-T3 was used as reference. The SCC resistance of 8090-T81 turned out to be only slightly lower than the SCC resistance of 2024-T3. In contrast,...