Abstract
This communication reports work completed on the extrusion of powder compacts prepared from rapidly solidified Al–10 Mg powder. It is shown that mechanical properties of the extrudate are related to the temperature compensated strain rate obtaining during the extrusion process. Pressure requirements are much lower than are necessary for the extrusion of cast products of Al–7Mg and Al–5Mg and the corresponding increase in heat generation considerably widens the extrusion limits. In the as-extruded condition, the properties are comparable with a peak aged conventional 7050 alloy but the Al–10Mg is extremely unstable and requires an aging treatment to correct this instability. It is concluded that improvement in this alloy system would be obtained either by decreasing the Mg content or by developing a lower %Mg ternary alloy. PM/0280
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