The aging behavior of 17 kinds of Al–Mg
2Si alloys containing various amount of Si in excess deformed after solution heated were investigated by micro-Vickers hardness, electrical resistivity and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In Al–0.4 mass%Mg
2Si alloys containing various amounts of Si in excess, the aging after deformation causes increased maximum hardness (
Hmax) for all specimens. The age-hardenability (Δ
H) of specimens increases by the deformation of 1% and becomes decreased by further deformation. The aging time to reach maximum hardness,
tmax, becomes shortened by the deformation. The distribution and size of precipitates in the deformed specimens are denser and finer than those in specimens without any deformation. In Al–0.6 mass%Mg
2Si alloys containing Si up to 0.1 mass% in excess, the aging after deformation causes increased
Hmax and Δ
H. While, in Al–0.6 mass%Mg
2Si alloys containing Si of 0.2 to 0.4 mass% in excess, the values of
Hmax remain constant with increasing amount of deformation and the values of Δ
H decrease with increasing deformation over 5%. In Al–0.8 mass%Mg
2Si and Al–1.0 mass%Mg
2Si alloys containing Si in excess, the deformation prior to aging has no effect on
Hmax, Δ
H and
tmax. The precipitates are finer in the alloys which exibit increased Δ
H by a small amount of deformation than those of the undeformed alloys. On the contrary, the precipitates are coarsened in the alloys with decreased Δ
H by deformation. A small amount of deformation causes decreased values of Δ
H at 473 K and increased Δ
H at 523 K in the Al–0.6 mass%Mg
2Si–0.4 mass%Si alloy. In the Al–0.4 mass%Mg
2Si–0.4 mass%Si alloy, however, a small amount of deformation causes increased Δ
H at 473 K and decreased Δ
H at 423 K.
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