6066 aluminum
alloy billets(Al1.37Si1.37Mg0.77Cu) were produced by multilayer
spray deposition technology, studies were carried out to evaluate the feasibility of subsequent semisolid
extrusion and its influence on
microstructure and mechanical properties. Assprayed grain was equiaxed with mean size of about 15 μm,
grains coarsened slightly in full
solid state, which are in good agreement with Ostwald coarsing mechanism. Typical microstructures of assprayed materials heated to semisolid state are of spheriodical solid particles distributed in liquid phase, which are thixotropic microstructure fit to thixoforming. The necessary extrusion force in semisolid state is about 1/3 of that in coventional
hot extrusion. Asextruded materials have uniform precipitates distribution and achieve finer recrystallization grains under T6 condition. Mean precipitated size increase from 1 μm to 2 μm after T6 treatment, and mechanical properties reach that of conventional hot extruded materials.
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