Abstract
The microstructures of 7050 aluminum alloy under different thermal exposure conditions were investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution electron microscopy (HREM) and tensile test. Guinier preston (GP) zone and η′ phase are the main precipitates in original 7050 alloy. The orientation relationship between η′ and matrix is ▪ and ▪. When the alloy is exposed at different temperatures for 500 h, with the thermal exposure temperature increasing, it can be seen under TEM that the precipitates become larger and the width of precipitate free zones (PFZ) becomes larger. The higher temperature the alloy is exposed at, the more the strength is reduced. Both GP zones and η′ precipitates getting coarser and the PFZ getting wider should be responsible for the strength decline and elongation rise of 7050 alloy during thermal exposure.
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