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The microstructures of three high strength, high purity Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys, in the T6 temper, were characterized extensively using quantitative optical metallography and quantitative transmission electron microscopy. Only the solute content (Mg + Zn) of these alloys was varied for this study. These alloys were shown to be identical in grain size and shape, dispersoid (E-phase) and grain boundary precipitate (ν) populations, and precipitate free zone widths. The matrix microstructures consisted of ordered GP zones and ν′ and differed only in the volume fraction of these strengthening precipitates. The higher solute alloys had the higher yield strengths and volume fractions of matrix precipitates. Subsequent slip behavior analysis of prestrained tensile specimens demonstrated that slip band spacings and slip step heights increased with increasing solute content for the same macroscopic strain (εp = 0.02). A work softening model by Hornbogen and Gahr was shown to predict this tendency toward increased strain localization with higher solute levels.
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Ludtka, G.M., Laughlin, D.E. The Effect of Solute Content on the Slip Behavior in 7XXX Series Aluminum Alloys. Metall Trans A 12, 2083–2091 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02644178
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