The traditional solution treatment cycles that are currently applied to rheo-processed A201 are mostly those that are used for conventional castings. These solution treatments are not necessarily the optimum solution treatments for rheo-processing. As a result, DSC analysis was done to optimize this heat treatment. The new solution treatment, which consists of higher temperatures and shorter times (515°C/5h, followed by 570°C/10h), resulted in slightly higher hardness values for both alloy A206 and A201.
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Masuku, EP, Moller, H, Knutsen, R et al. 2009. Optimisation of the solution heat treatment of Rheo-processed Al-Cu-Mg-(Ag) Alloys A206 and A201. Materials Science Forum, Vol. 618-619. pp 353-356
Masuku, E., Moller, H., Knutsen, R., Ivanchev, L., & Govender, G. (2009). Optimisation of the solution heat treatment of Rheo-processed Al-Cu-Mg-(Ag) Alloys A206 and A201. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3715
Masuku, EP, H Moller, R Knutsen, L Ivanchev, and G Govender "Optimisation of the solution heat treatment of Rheo-processed Al-Cu-Mg-(Ag) Alloys A206 and A201." (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3715
Masuku E, Moller H, Knutsen R, Ivanchev L, Govender G. Optimisation of the solution heat treatment of Rheo-processed Al-Cu-Mg-(Ag) Alloys A206 and A201. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3715.
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