The effect of excessive silicon in the Al-Mg-Si alloys containing more silicon than the ratio of Mg
2Si, on age-hardening, mechanical properties, corrosion and stress-corrosion resistance was studied and the following results were obtained.
(1) The excessive silicon raised the hardenability of aging of the alloy and reduced the aging time.
(2) Silicon contained in Al-Mg-Si alloy-T
6 in the greater ratio than Mg
2Si had an effect on tensile strength of the alloy. It was remarkable for the alloy containing 0.65%Mg
2Si solution heat treated at 520°C. The tensile strength decrcased with an increase of the amount of Mg
2Si Elongation was unchanged except slight fall for alloys containing excessive silicon up to 0.2%. When solution heat treated at 560°C, the alloys containing 1.0%Mg
2Si showed remarkable increase of tensile strength and the excessive silicon over 0.5% had the same effect for the alloys containing 0.65%Mg
2Si. Elongation decreased with an increase of excessive silicon.
(3) Silicon in O-alloy in the greater ratio than Mg
2Si in O-alloy increased tensile strength and elongation. Increase of elongation of the alloy containing 0.65%Mg
2Si was striking. The maximum elongation was observed at 0.6% of excessive silicon and elongation decreased with an increase of excessive silicon more than 0.6%.
(4) Electric resistance was increased slightly by the excess silicon. The change was not so remarkable when the excessive silicon was up to 0.2% for the alloys of 0.65% and 1.0%Mg
2Si.
(5) Corrosion resistance decreased with an increasc of excessive silicon.
(6) usceptibility of stress corrosion increased with an increase of excessive silicon but it is not so remarkable as the effect by the amount of Mg
2Si.
The effect of excessive sillcon would be remarkable for such alloy containing small amount of Mg
2Si as A51S. The amount of silicon should be decided by the amount of magnesium in the alloy. Generally speaking, at least 0.2% more silicon than the ratio of Mg
2Si is recommendable for such low Mg alloy as Al-Mg (0.45-0.6%) -Si alloy.
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