The Influence of Heat Treatments for Laser Welded Semi Solid Metal Cast A356 Alloy on the Fracture Mode of Tensile Specimens

Autor: Kunene, G., Govender, Gonasagren, Ivanchev, L., Knutsen, R., Burger, H.P.
Zdroj: Diffusion and Defect Data Part B: Solid State Phenomena; July 2008, Vol. 141 Issue: 1 p169-174, 6p
Abstrakt: The CSIR rheo-process was used to prepare the aluminium A356 SSM slurries and thereafter plates (4x80x100 mm3) were cast using a 50 Ton Edgewick HPDC machine. Plates in the as cast, T4 and T6 heat treatment conditions which had passed radiography were then butt laser welded. It was found that the pre-weld as cast, T4 and post-weld T4 heat treated specimens fractured in the base metal. However, the pre-weld T6 heat treated specimens were found to have fractured in the heat affected zone (HAZ).
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