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Superplastic aluminium alloy sheets

US4618382A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 12, 1984
Grant dateOct 21, 1986
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Expiry dateOct 12, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S420/902
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Sheets of high strength superplastic Al--Zn--Mg alloys or Al--Cu alloys which having a maximum grain size below 30 .mu.m on average are described. These alloy sheets are obtained by a method which is characterized by keeping a homogenized and hot worked ingot of the alloy at two different temperatures for sufficient times whereby a fine grain structure is formed in the alloy to impart superplasticity to the alloy.

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