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The effects of microstructural features on the fracture behaviors, including impact, high-cycle fatigue, fatigue crack propagation, and stress corrosion cracking, of thixoformed 357-T5 (Al-7 pct Si-0.6 pct Mg) alloy were examined. The resistance to impact and high-cycle fatigue of thixoformed 357-T5 tended to improve greatly with increasing volume fraction of primary α. An almost threefold increase in impact energy value was, for example, o served with increasing volume fraction of primary α from 59 to 70 pct. The improvement in both impact and fatigue properties of thixoformed 357-T5 with increasing volume fraction of primary α in the present study appears to be related to the magnitude of stress concentration at the interface between primary α and eutectic phase, by which the fracture process is largely influenced. The higher volume fraction of primary α was also beneficial for improving the resistance to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in 3.5 pct NaCl solution. The in-situ slow strain rate test results of thix oformed 357-T5 in air and 3.5 pct NaCl solution at various applied potential values demonstrated that the percent change in tesile elongation with exposure decreased linearly with increasing volume fraction of primary α within the range studied in the present study. Based on the fractographic and micrographic observations, the mechanism associated with the beneficial effect of high volume fraction of primary α in thixoformed 375-T5 alloy was discussed.
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Park, C., Kim, S., Kwon, Y. et al. Fracture behavior of thixoformed 357-T5 Al alloys. Metall Mater Trans A 35, 1017–1027 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-004-1005-8
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