Effect of Aging Treatment on Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Al – 0.35Cu – 0.18Sc – 0.06Zr Conductors for High-Performance Applications
摘要
The effect of the aging mode on the mechanical and electrical properties of the heat-resistant electrically conductive aluminum alloy Al – 0.35Cu – 0.18Sc – 0.06Zr is studied. It is found that the highest set of operational properties of the alloy is achieved after aging at a temperature of 663 K for 15 hours. After aging under this mode, the microstructure of the alloy is characterized by a uniform distribution of dispersed inclusions of secondary phases Al3(Sc, Zr) 10 – 20 nm in size in the aluminum matrix. Such a structure ensures strengthening of the alloy by the Orowan mechanism, due to which the tensile strength increases to 170 MPa. At the same time, there is a significant increase in the electrical conductivity of the alloy to 60.4% IACS due to a decrease in the distortion of the crystal lattice. The results of heat resistance tests in combination with the plotted Arrhenius curves showed that the effective service life of Al – 0.35Cu – 0.18Sc – 0.06Zr conductors at 503 K reaches 350,400 h.