About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Symposium
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Aluminum Alloys, Processing and Characterization
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Presentation Title |
E-5: Effect of Step Aging Conditions on Mechanical Properties of AlMgSi Alloy Profiles for Automotive Industry |
Author(s) |
Osman Halil Çelik, Mehmet Bugra Guner, Zeynep Tutku Özen, İlyas Artunç Sarı |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Zeynep Tutku Özen |
Abstract Scope |
Automotive companies will start to sell their electric vehicles by 2021. It is aimed to produce chassis and other parts from aluminum, which has 2.7 g/cm3 density which iron has 7.8 g/cm3 because of the high weight of electric vehicles’ battery. Therefore, especially easy extrude and medium strength 6xxx series aluminum alloys are used for vehicles in different segments for sustainable production. 6060, 6063, 6005A, 6082 alloys are the most preferred alloys. In this study, 6005A alloy developed according to the automotive standard chemical composition was studied. Firstly, billet production by direct chill casting, homogenization, test profile production by extrusion technique and heat treatment studies of the profiles were conducted. During heat treatment studies, the effect of step aging process on mechanical properties was investigated. Optical microscope, SEM, EDS and tensile tests were performed as characterization studies. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Light Metals |
Keywords |
Aluminum, Characterization, Process Technology |