In order to clarify the combined effect of solution and dispersion hardenings at high temperature, the internal stress, the effective stress and dislocation density in Al-3 mol%Mg-1 mol%Mn alloy have been measured and compared with those in Al-3 mol%Mg alloy. The measurement has been carried out by applying the stress-relaxation technique to the steady-state tensile deformation at temperatures from 573 to 723 K and at strain rates from 3×10
−5 s
−1 to 3×10
−3 s
−1.
It is found that the additive rule of hardenings by solute Mg atoms and dispersed Al
6Mn particles holds in the low
Z region, but the effect of dispersion hardening decreases with the increase of
Z, which is the Zener-Hollomon parameter. This behavior is explained by the relative value of the inter-dislocation spacing to the inter-dispersoid spacing. In the low
Z region where the dislocation spacing is larger than the dispersoid spacing, nearly all dislocations undergo the resistance of dispersoids, and the additive rule holds. In the high
Z region, however, the dislocation spacing becomes smaller than the dispersoid spacing, and the part of dislocations not directly contacting with the dispersoids increases as
Z increases, resulting in the decrease of the effect of dispersion hardening.
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