简介:Thedeformationmechanismsandprocessingmapsoftheas-castAl-Zn-Mg-Cu(7075)aluminum(Al)alloywerestudiedandcomparedwiththoseofthehomogenized7075Alalloyinthetemperaturerangeof573–723Kandinthestrainraterangeof10~(-3)–10s~(-1)toexploreapossibilityfordirectlyusingtheascast7075Alalloyasabilletforhotworking.Theas-castandhomogenized7075Alalloyshadsimilargrainsizesandshowedsimilarhigh-temperaturedeformationbehaviors.Theas-cast7075Alalloy,however,exhibitedhigherpowerefficienciesandsmallerunstable?owregionscomparedtothehomogenized7075Alalloybecauseofthepresenceofsecondaryphases(MgZn_2)segregatedatthedendriticinterfacesintheas-castmicrostructure,whichwereformedduringnon-equilibriumsolidi?cation.Thesesegregatedphasesprovidednucleationsitesfordynamicrecoveryorcontinuousdynamicrecrystallization,andasaresulta?neandmorehomogeneous(sub)grainstructurecouldbeobtainedfromtheas-castmicrostructurecomparedtothehomogenizedmicrostructure.Thecurrentworksuggestedthepossibilityandadvantageofusingas-castmicrostructuresforhotworkingofaluminumalloyswithhighcontentofsolutes.