Dilute Al-Zn alloys (mainly 4 mass%) quenched under various conditions were studied by careful measurement of electrical resistivity. In order to compare the results for different quenching conditions correctly, one and the same specimen was used repeatedly throughout the experiments for the same aging temperature. Intensities of SAXS were also measured. Results obtained are as follows. (1) When the aging temperature was fixed, the quasi-equilibrium resistivity, ρ
E, increased with the quenching temperature,
TQ. Guinier radius,
RG, became smaller as ρ
E became larger when
TQ≤773 K, while the integrated intensity remained constant. (2) For
TQ≥823 K,
RG at the stage of ρ
E was about 1.15 nm irrespective of the aging and quenching temperature and was a little larger than that at the stage of maximum resistivity. (3) When ρ
E’s were plotted against ρ
0’s (as-quenched resistivity) for a fixed aging temperature, instead of plotting against
TQ, ρ
E relates to ρ
0 regularly. ρ
E’s depend on ρ
0’s linearly with large slope in the region of lower ρ
0 (lower
TQ), on the other hand, with small slope in the region of higher ρ
0 (higher
TQ). (4) In case of
TQ≤673 K, ρ
0 increased with increasing quenching speed and ρ
E increased with ρ
0, that is, with increasing quenching speed. (5) On the other hand, when
TQ≥773 K, ρ
0 increased with decreasing quenching speed, while ρ
E increased with ρ
0. ρ
E values corrected for the contribution of secondary defects were almost independent of ρ
0 when aged at 263 K, but when aged at 233 K, ρ
E’s depend upon ρ
0’s even at higher
TQ.
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