Investigation of the Decomposition of Al–Sc Solid Solution during Annealing of Deformed Al–0.5% Mg–Sc Alloys

Abstract

Abstract—The results of studies of the kinetics of solid solution decomposition during firing of fine-grained conductive alloys Al–0.5% Mg–Sc with different scandium content are presented. The alloys were obtained by induction casting, and the fine-grained microstructure was formed using equal-channel angular pressing. The kinetics of the decomposition of a solid solution has been studied using methods for measuring electrical resistivity and microhardness. The results were analyzed using the Johnson–Mel–Avrami–Kolmogorov equation. It is shown that during the firing of fine-grained alloys, the separation of Al3Sc particles along the nuclei of lattice dislocations is observed, and discontinuous precipitation of scandium in aluminum also occurs.