Tailoring microstructure and texture of annealed Al-Mn alloy through the variation of homogenization and prior cold deformation strain

Abstract

The grain structures and crystallographic textures desired for various applications of aluminium alloys are usually modified by recrystallization during annealing. In this study, the interactions between recrystallization and precipitation were investigated using the same Al-Mn alloy but with different homogenization procedures (which gives different microchemistries in terms of solute level and second phase particle state) and prior cold deformation strains, both of which are easy to realize in industrial practice. The results show that recrystallization and precipitation kinetics are both promoted at large deformations but their mutual interactions also exist