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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Murray W Mahoney, Camarillo, CA (US);
C Howard Hamilton, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Neil E Paton, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148 / ;
Abstract
A method is provided to impart a fine grain structure to aluminum alloys which have precipitating constituents. The alloy is overaged to form coarse precipitates, and then plastically deformed at least 40%. Deformation is accomplished at a temperature and at a rate which are sufficient to retain strain energy in the alloy at the end of the deformation step. The alloy is subsequently heated at a rate of at least 0.02.degree. F..multidot.s.sup.-1 to a recrystallization temperature to form a new fine grain structure.