On the Development of an Al4.8 wt% Cu Alloy Obtained from Recycled Aluminum Cans Designed for Thixoforming Process

Table 2

Results of the tensile tests.

	2024 [14]	Can alloy	Al4.8 wt% Cu	Thixoforged – Al4.8 wt% Cu
	(T6)	(F)	(T6)	= 0.6, 615°C (T6)		= 0.8, 580°C (T6)
				20 min	30 min	20 min	30 min
(MPa)	345	111	207 ± 30	257 ± 18	202 ± 18	200 ± 12	222 ± 9
(MPa)	425	151	307 ± 19	324 ± 10	282 ± 9	283 ± 6	331 ± 4
(%)	10	6.2	4.5 ± 1	7.1 ± 1	9.0 ± 1	5.3 ± 2	7.8 ± 2

Yield strength. Ultimate strength. Elongation. F (as cast). T6 (solutionizing during 24 h at 525°C and aging during 3 h at 190°C).