About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Symposium
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Aluminum Alloys: Development and Manufacturing
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Presentation Title |
Effect of Low Density Electric Current on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 6061, 7075, and 2024 Aluminum Alloys |
Author(s) |
Pulkit Gupta, Jonathan Goettsch, Alan Taub |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Pulkit Gupta |
Abstract Scope |
Aluminum alloys are of great interest in automotive and aerospace industries due to their lightweight, strength, toughness and other mechanical properties. Processing metal alloys with a low density electric current has been found to change the morphology and fraction of phases when processed during solidification. Shown is the impact that this method has on popular industrial aluminum alloys in order to determine the applicability of this novel processing technique. Utilizing stock materials, variations in electric current parameters (i.e. waveform frequency, amplitude, etc.) are used to determine whether upper and lower bounds of energy utilization exist. Processed alloys are then characterized by SEM and XRD to determine phase composition and distribution, sections are taken for microhardness and compression tests to determine mechanical properties. These results will further elucidate the capabilities of this processing method and whether it can be utilized in widespread industrial applications. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Light Metals |
Keywords |
Aluminum, Mechanical Properties, Other |