Improvements in Strength and Stress Corrosion Cracking Properties in Aluminum Alloy 7075 via Low-Temperature Retrogression and Re-Aging Heat Treatments

ABSTRACTThe susceptibility of aluminum alloy 7075 (AA7075 [UNS A97075]) to intergranular stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in the peak strength T6 temper is alleviated through the use of the T73, or over-aged temper, which provides improved SCC resistance with a 10% to 15% strength loss compared to th...

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Published in:Corrosion (Houston, Tex.) Tex.), 2003-06, Vol.59 (6), p.520-528
Main Authors: Ferrer, C.P., Koul, M.G., Connolly, B.J., Moran, A.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ageing
Aging
Aging (metallurgy)
Aircraft components
Aluminium
Aluminum
Aluminum alloys
Aluminum base alloys
Applied sciences
Cantilever beams
Cantilevers
Corrosion
Corrosion tests
Cracking (corrosion)
Exact sciences and technology
Fractures
Heat
Heat treating
Heat treatment
Heat treatments
Immersion tests (corrosion)
Intergranular corrosion
Low temperature
Mechanical properties and methods of testing. Rheology. Fracture mechanics. Tribology
Metals. Metallurgy
Properties
Properties (attributes)
Sodium
Sodium chloride
Strength
Stress corrosion
Stress corrosion cracking
Submerging
Temper (metallurgical)
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Summary:ABSTRACTThe susceptibility of aluminum alloy 7075 (AA7075 [UNS A97075]) to intergranular stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in the peak strength T6 temper is alleviated through the use of the T73, or over-aged temper, which provides improved SCC resistance with a 10% to 15% strength loss compared to the T6 temper. Previous research has indicated that retrogression and re-aging (RRA) heat treatments reduce the trade-off between T6 strength and T73 SCC resistance. The short-term heat treatment they used, however, limited the applicability of RRA to thin sections of material. The primary goals of this research effort were to determine if lower retrogression temperatures could be used in the RRA process to extend the applicability of this heat treatment to thick section aircraft components and to quantify any observed improvements. Alternate immersion (AI) and double-cantilever beam (DCB) tests were conducted in a 0.6-M sodium chloride (NaCl) solution to evaluate the SCC resistance of various tempers. Improvements in properties were demonstrated using RRA heat treatments at lower temperatures and longer times than those previously investigated. In general, the various RRA tempers
ISSN:0010-9312
1938-159X
DOI:10.5006/1.3277583