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Heat treatments for high temperature cast aluminum alloys

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1860092
Disclosed herein are embodiments of an aging heat treatment that can be used to replace conventional aging steps when making alloy embodiments of the present disclosure. Embodiments of the disclosed aging heat treatment reduce cost and complexity in producing aluminum alloy-based components while also promoting and/or improving microstructure stability of the aluminum alloys.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN); Nemak USA, Inc. (Southfield, MI); FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, MI)
Patent Number(s):
11,180,839
Application Number:
16/171,201
OSTI ID:
1860092
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Surface tension of liquid Al–Cu binary alloys journal November 2009

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