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Low baking temperature hardenable aluminum alloy sheet for press-forming

US5580402A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 19, 1993
Grant dateDec 3, 1996
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC22F1/047
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is an aluminum alloy sheet having a chemical composition of an Si-containing Al--Mg--CU alloy. The aluminum alloy sheet exhibits a streak-shaped modulated structure at a diffraction grating points of an Al--Cu--Mg--system compound in the electron beam diffraction grating image. The above mentioned streak can be generated efficiently when the alloy essentially consists of 1.5 to 3.5% by weight of Mg, 0.3 to 1.0% by weight of Cu, 0.05 to 0.6% by weight of Si, and the balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and the ratio of Mg/Cu is in the range of 2 to 7. The alloy contains 0.01-0.50% of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sn, Cd, and In.

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