Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of low cost, high-intensity high-tenacity cast magnesium alloys, and, obtained the cast magnesium alloys preparation method of a kind of low cost, high-strength and high ductility by choose reasonable alloy element and employing proper heat treatment means.
Technical scheme of the present invention is:
The present invention has constituted the novel magnesium alloy system of the high zinc of high alumina by add high-content aluminium, high-content zinc in magnesium; On high alumina high-zinc magnesium alloy basis,, reached the toughness reinforcing purpose of enhancing of magnesium alloy by adding the microalloying effect that elements such as antimony, rare earth produce.This invention specifically composed as follows: by weight percentage, magnesium (Mg) content is the balance surplus; Aluminium (Al) content is 3.5~9%; Zinc (Zn) content is 3~9%; Manganese (Mn) content is 0.15~1.0%; Antimony (Sb) content is 0~2%; Content of rare earth is 0~2%; Other inevitable trace impurity iron (Fe)≤0.005%, nickel (Ni)≤0.002%, copper (Cu)≤0.015%.
Enhancing toughening mechanism of the present invention is as follows: in the high alumina high-zinc magnesium alloy, except there being common β (Mg in a spot of magnalium system
17Al
12) wild phase outside, main wild phase has become Mg
32(AlZn)
49Phase; In addition, behind the adding Sb element,, can produce new particle wild phase Mg according to the result of X ray and EDAX electron microscopic observation
3Sb
2And (Mg
0.43Zn
0.57)
2MgSb
2Deng.These new particle wild phases not only play the effect that improves intensity, and the continuous fragility phase in the high zinc alloy of refinement high alumina to a certain extent, thereby play the effect that improves castability and plasticity.
As everyone knows, the adding of zinc can improve the flowability of melt in the magnesium alloy, and the effect of solution strengthening is arranged, and can improve intensity; But if the add-on of zinc is improper, will increase the hot cracking tendency of alloy, worsen casting forming function (referring to accompanying drawing 1).Present common cast magnesium alloys such as AZ91, AM60, AM50 etc., over-all properties is not fine, wherein the zinc content of AZ91 is 0.45-0.9%wt (weight percent), its intensity is higher, but toughness is relatively poor, zinc content≤0.20%wt of AM60 and AM50, its toughness is better, but intensity is relatively poor.The present invention is according to the magnesium-aluminum-zinc ternary phase diagrams, by selecting suitable aluminium, zinc content, thereby guaranteed the castability of magnesium alloy, higher intensity and toughness; On this basis, by adding antimony (Sb) and rare earth element, and, alloy strength and toughness are greatly improved again by proper heat treatment.
Aluminum in Alloy of the present invention also is main strengthening element, and it forms β (Mg by solution strengthening with magnesium
17Al
12) generate Mg mutually and with magnesium, zinc element
32(AlZn)
49The precipitation strength of phase has improved alloy at room temperature intensity.In addition, the adding of aluminium also can improve the casting technique performance of alloy.
Rare earth element yttrium, neodymium or the cerium-rich mischmetal etc. that can also contain 0~2%wt in the alloy of the present invention, rare earth element can improve the alloy casting performance, reduce crystal boundary low melting point precipitate, improve comprehensive mechanical property and good solid solution strengthening effect, by the reinforcement of rare earth element to crystal boundary, and and Zn, Al to the beneficial effect of alloy mechanical property, and various elements is reasonably combined, makes the over-all properties of alloy better.
The effect of manganese is to improve corrosion resistance nature in the alloy of the present invention, and manganese can form compound with the impurity element iron in the alloy in the alloy melting process, be deposited to crucible bottom, removes impurity, eliminates the deleterious effect of iron to the alloy corrosion resistance nature.
The preparation method of high-intensity high-tenacity cast magnesium alloys of the present invention, concrete steps are as follows:
1) earlier pure magnesium, magnesium rare earth intermediate alloy, fine aluminium, aluminium manganese master alloy, pure zinc, the various batchings of antimony powder are preheated to 140~160 ℃ in baking oven, insulating covering agent is put into baking oven simultaneously dries; Mould is preheated to 300~400 ℃ in other box-type furnace; Setting the crucible target temperature then is 710~730 ℃, begins heating;
2) when crucible is warming up to 280~320 ℃, feed CO
2Gas carries out gas displacement, adds the insulating covering agent that accounts for batching gross weight 0.3~2% in crucible bottom then, and the pure magnesium batching that preheating is good is put into crucible;
3) fusing of pure magnesium batching and etc. after crucible temperature is stabilized in 710~730 ℃, add the insulating covering agent that accounts for batching gross weight 0.3~2%, add fine aluminium, aluminium manganese master alloy, magnesium rare earth intermediate alloy and pure zinc batching then successively, add the antimony powder batching of wrapping with aluminium-foil paper at last;
4) the equal constant temperature of each operation carries out under 710~730 ℃ below, and batching can stir after adding, and leaves standstill after stirring 4~6 minutes, and per-cent by volume is at 99~99.5%CO2+0.5~1%SF
6Draw out surface scum under mixed gas protected;
5) draw slag and finish after, stop heating, per-cent by volume is at 99~99.5%CO
2+ 0.5~1%SF
6Mixed gas protected cast molding down.
Heat treatment mode of the present invention can be divided into solid solution (T4), timeliness (T5), " solid solution+timeliness " (T6) three kinds, 1., the T4 solution treatment is preferably in the protective atmosphere (as argon gas, sulfur hexafluoride etc.) and carries out introduce respectively below:, its temperature and aluminium, zinc content are closely related, and actual temp can be with reference to magnesium-aluminum-zinc ternary alloy phase diagram (accompanying drawing 1); Experiment shows in addition, and the adding of a small amount of manganese, antimony is little to the solid solubility temperature influence, can determine according to aluminium, zinc content; The T4 solution time can be taken as 16~24 hours, and the time, too short solid solution effect was undesirable, and grain growth can appear in overlong time.2., the T5 ageing treatment, temperature is taken as 160~200 ℃, the time can be taken as 8~24 hours.3., T6 thermal treatment can be understood as the combination of T4 and T5 mode.
Because thermal treatment has changed the distribution mode and the quantity of particle wild phase, thus remarkably influenced mechanical property.Mode with sosoloid exists the sample of T4 solution treatment because intermediate phase dissolves in the matrix substantially, so can improve plasticity, but yield strength can decrease; The sample that T6 handles is because intermediate phase is again can be at crystal grain inner or separate out (but distribution mode and quantity significantly are different from as-cast specimen) again along crystal boundary, so can be when improving intensity, plasticity descends to some extent.
Though what triturating of the present invention adopted is permanent mold casting, but as can be known according to the die casting performance (referring to accompanying drawing 2) of magnesium-aluminum-zinc ternary alloy, but alloy component range of the present invention drops on the casting area, therefore be equally applicable to technologies such as pressure die casting, extrusion casting, and can not have hot tearing and hot-short tendency.
The present invention has following advantage:
1. the magnesium alloy of the present invention preparation has the characteristic of high-intensity high-tenacity concurrently, and what be particularly suitable for lightweight, high-strength, high-ductility uses the material demand, as automotive hub etc.; Its tensile strength sigma
bReach 260~280MPa, yield strength σ
0.2〉=140MPa, unit elongation δ
5〉=6%, ballistic work α
k〉=14J, Brinell hardness HB 〉=70.
2. cost performance height of the present invention.The used starting material of the present invention are easy to get, and cost is low.
3. smelting technology of the present invention is stable.Obvious side reaction does not take place with irony sidewall of crucible or insulating covering agent in the alloy element that the present invention adopts, and process stabilizing is easy to tissue production.
4. applicable craft scope of the present invention is wide.The present invention is not only applicable to metal mold and sand mold casting, is equally applicable to technologies such as pressure die casting, extrusion casting, does not have hot tearing and hot-short tendency.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with embodiment in detail the present invention is described in detail:
Embodiment 1
Present embodiment 1 alloy (comparative example 1 alloy A Z91, comparative example 2 alloy A M60) basic operational steps is as follows:
I), alloying constituent:
Alloy designations | Constituent content (weight percent %) |
Magnesium (Mg) | Aluminium (Al) | Zinc (Zn) | Manganese (Mn) | Antimony (Sb) |
Embodiment 1 | 89.2 | 6 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
AZ91 | 89.7 | 9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 |
AM60 | 93.7 | 6 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
II), alloy smelting and casting:
The smelting work of embodiment 1 is to carry out in pit furnace, and crucible adopts carbon steel material; The cast molding of alloy is then finished in metal mold.Operation is as follows in detail:
1) earlier with various batchings preheatings in 150 ℃ of baking ovens such as pure magnesium, fine aluminium, aluminium manganese master alloy, pure zinc, antimony powders, the RJ-2 insulating covering agent can be put into baking oven simultaneously dries; Mould is preheated to 350 ℃ in other box-type furnace, setting the crucible target temperature then is 720 ℃, begins heating.
2) when crucible is warming up to 300 ℃, feed (per-cent by volume, 99.5%CO
2+ 0.5%SF
6) mixed gas carries out gas displacement, adds insulating covering agent (accounting for total batching 0.5% mass ratio) in crucible bottom then, and the pure magnesium batching that preheating is good puts into crucible, continues heating.
3) after the fusing of pure magnesium batching, add insulating covering agent (accounting for total batching 0.5% mass ratio) once more, add fine aluminium, aluminium manganese master alloy and pure zinc batching then successively, add the antimony powder batching of wrapping with aluminium-foil paper with strainer at last.
4) can stir after (following each operation all requires crucible temperature carrying out about 720 ℃) batching adds, leave standstill after stirring 5 minutes, at (99.5%CO
2+ 0.5%SF
6) draw out surface scum under mixed gas protected, the mixed gas add-on is a yardstick to guarantee that alloy surface does not burn.
5) draw slag and finish after, stop heating, in mould, continue to feed (99.5%CO
2+ 0.5%SF
6) mixed gas, cast molding simultaneously.
The smelting of Comparative examples A Z91 and AM60 alloy and cast molding process are identical with embodiment 1 alloy substantially, just do not have antimony powder in the batching, and other batching quantity is different.
III), the thermal treatment of foundry goods:
Embodiment 1 alloy and comparative example 1 alloy, comparative example 2 heat treatment of alloy can be divided into solid solution (T4), timeliness (T5), " solid solution+timeliness " (T6) three kinds:
1., with reference to magnesium-aluminum-zinc ternary alloy phase diagram (accompanying drawing 1) and finally definite by related experiment, the temperature of the T4 solution treatment of embodiment 1 alloy is advisable with 380 ℃, temperature is crossed low solid solution DeGrain, to such an extent as to the too high meeting of temperature undergoes phase transition and separates out alloying constituent and change; The T4 solution time can be taken as 20 hours, and the time, too short solid solution effect was undesirable, and grain growth can appear in overlong time; The sample that T4 handles takes out the back and adopts air cooling to room temperature.
The T4 treatment temp of Comparative examples A Z91 and AM60 is 410 ℃, and the time is 20 hours, and reason is the same; The sample that T4 handles takes out the back and adopts air cooling to room temperature.
2., embodiment 1 is all identical with the T5 ageing treatment of Comparative examples A Z91, three kinds of alloys of AM60.Temperature is taken as 180 ℃, and the time is 20 hours; The sample that T5 handles takes out the back and adopts air cooling to room temperature.
3., the T6 thermal treatment of embodiment 1 and Comparative examples A Z91, three kinds of alloys of AM60 is the combination of T4 and T5 mode.Every kind of alloy carries out 20 hours T4 solution treatment according to suitable temp separately earlier, and then carries out 20 hours T5 ageing treatment.
Different heat treatment mode (F, T4, T6) is seen accompanying drawing 3a-c to the influence and the evolutionary process thereof of embodiment 1 alloy microtexture.
IV), the specimen preparation of mechanical property and test:
The mechanics tensile property sample of alloy is to prepare for the regulation of sheet coupon with reference to the § 3.6.2 of GB GB 6397-86, and its structure and detailed dimensions are seen accompanying drawing 4,5.
The impact property of alloy is got the non-notch impact specimen of 10mm * 10mm * 55mm with reference to the regulation of GB GB/T229-1994.
Jin Shubushi experiment of hardness method is with reference to GB231-84, specimen size 15mm * 15mm * 5mm.
The as cast condition mechanical property of embodiment 1 alloy is as follows:
Tensile strength sigma
b=216MPa, yield strength σ
0.2=106MPa, unit elongation δ
5=8%.
The T4 attitude mechanical property of embodiment 1 alloy is as follows:
Tensile strength sigma
b=250MPa, yield strength σ
0.2=101MPa, unit elongation δ
5=11%.
The T5 attitude mechanical property of embodiment 1 alloy is as follows:
Tensile strength sigma
b=230MPa, yield strength σ
0.2=128MPa, unit elongation δ
5=7%.
The T6 attitude mechanical property of embodiment 1 alloy is as follows:
Tensile strength sigma
b=285MPa, yield strength σ
0.2=140MPa, unit elongation δ
5=10%, ballistic work α
k=20J, Brinell hardness HB=70.
Therefore, in each heat treatment state of embodiment 1 alloy, the comprehensive mechanical performance optimum of T6 attitude; In addition, embodiment 1 alloy and comparative example alloy A Z91, AM60 see accompanying drawing 6 in the mechanical property contrast situation of T6 heat treatment state.
Embodiment 2
Difference from Example 1 is:
Present embodiment alloy basic operational steps is as follows:
I), alloying constituent:
Alloy designations | Constituent content (weight percent %) |
Magnesium (Mg) | Aluminium (Al) | Zinc (Zn) | Manganese (Mn) |
Embodiment 2 | 88.7 | 6 | 5 | 0.3 |
II), alloy smelting and casting:
Reference example 1.The present embodiment alloy does not need to add at last the antimony powder batching of wrapping with aluminium-foil paper in the 3rd step of smelting procedure.
III), the thermal treatment of foundry goods:
Heat treatment section in the reference example 1.The temperature of the T4 solution treatment of present embodiment alloy is advisable with 370 ℃, and this temperature is with reference to the magnesium-aluminum-zinc ternary alloy phase diagram and finally determine that by experiment the too high meeting of temperature undergoes phase transition separates out.
IV), the specimen preparation of mechanical property and test:
The mechanical property specimen preparation is with described in the embodiment 1.
The as cast condition mechanical property of embodiment 2 alloys is as follows:
Tensile strength sigma
b=192MPa, yield strength σ
0.2=104MPa, unit elongation δ
5=6.2%.
The T4 attitude mechanical property of embodiment 2 alloys is as follows:
Tensile strength sigma
b=258MPa, yield strength σ
0.2=100MPa, unit elongation δ
5=10.5%.
The T5 attitude mechanical property of embodiment 2 alloys is as follows:
Tensile strength sigma
b=235MPa, yield strength σ
0.2=137MPa, unit elongation δ
5=6%.
The T6 attitude mechanical property of embodiment 2 alloys is as follows:
Tensile strength sigma
b=287MPa, yield strength σ
0.2=161MPa, unit elongation δ
5=8%, ballistic work α
k=22J, hardness HB=73.
Therefore, in each heat treatment state of embodiment 2 alloys, the comprehensive mechanical performance optimum of T6 attitude; In addition, embodiment 2 alloys and comparative example alloy A Z91, AM60 see accompanying drawing 7 in the mechanical property contrast situation of T6 heat treatment state.
Embodiment 3
Difference from Example 1 is:
Present embodiment alloy basic operational steps is as follows:
I), alloying constituent:
Alloy designations | Constituent content (weight percent %) |
Magnesium (Mg) | Aluminium (Al) | Zinc (Zn) | Manganese (Mn) | Yttrium (Yt) |
Embodiment 2 | 88.2 | 4 | 7 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
II), alloy smelting and casting:
Reference example 1.The present embodiment alloy will add magnesium yttrium master alloy batching in the 3rd step of smelting procedure after adding fine aluminium, aluminium manganese master alloy batching, add pure zinc batching at last again.
III), the thermal treatment of foundry goods:
Heat treatment section in the reference example 1.The temperature of the T4 solution treatment of present embodiment alloy is advisable with 360 ℃, and this temperature is with reference to the magnesium-aluminum-zinc ternary alloy phase diagram and finally determine that by experiment the too high meeting of temperature undergoes phase transition separates out.
IV), the specimen preparation of mechanical property and test:
The mechanical property specimen preparation is with described in the embodiment 1.
The as cast condition mechanical property of embodiment 3 alloys is as follows:
Tensile strength sigma
b=202MPa, yield strength σ
0.2=115MPa, unit elongation δ
5=6.5%.
The T4 attitude mechanical property of embodiment 3 alloys is as follows:
Tensile strength sigma
b=248MPa, yield strength σ
0.2=110MPa, unit elongation δ
5=9.5%.
The T5 attitude mechanical property of embodiment 3 alloys is as follows:
Tensile strength sigma
b=231MPa, yield strength σ
0.2=132MPa, unit elongation δ
5=6.3%.
The T6 attitude mechanical property of embodiment 3 alloys is as follows:
Tensile strength sigma
b=260MPa, yield strength σ
0.2=149MPa, unit elongation δ
5=8%, ballistic work α
k=18J, hardness HB=72.
Therefore, in each heat treatment state of embodiment 3 alloys, the comprehensive mechanical performance optimum of T6 attitude; In addition, embodiment 3 alloys and comparative example alloy A Z91, AM60 see accompanying drawing 8 in the mechanical property contrast situation of T6 heat treatment state.