Fig. 4 shows the variation in hardness of each alloy as afunction of the aging time at 190 ◦C. Note that the hardnessof both alloys initially decreased to a minimum, which mayFig. 5. TEM bright-field image of microstructure (a) and correspondingSAED pattern recorded near the [0 0 1]Al zone axis (b) of 2219SG alloyaged for 3 h at 190 ◦C.be ascribed to reversion and then increased until a peak hardnessfollowed by overaging. However, the hardness values ofthe 2219S alloy are smaller at all times monitored, whereasthe stage of hardening involved a gradual rise to peak hardness.Thus, a 2219SG alloy displays a maximum hardnessof 100 HV after 8 h of aging, whereas the Si-containing alloypeaks at 80 HV after 24 h of aging, which is three times longerthan for 2219 alloy modified by Si and Ge. After the maximum,the hardness of 2219S alloy significantly decreaseswith prolonged aging, approaching the level of about 73 HV.This is in contrast to the case of the 2219SG alloy, wherethe overaged samples show an initial period of constant hardnessfrom the peak hardness condition before reaching a finalhardness of 90 HV after 200 h of aging. These results indicatethat the artificial aging response of the 2219SG alloy isnearly the same as that in the quaternary Al–Cu–Si–Ge alloy.This means that there is the beneficial age-hardening effectdue to the early onset of Si–Ge particles precipitation.
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