Research Article

Investigations on the Hot Stamping of AW-7921-T4 Alloy Sheet

Table 3

Condition and precipitate microstructure for AW-7921 sheet for the various tempers, as discerned from the DSC measurements.

TemperPrecipitate microstructure

SHT + WQ: W-temperZn and Mg solutes
SHT + WQ + 2-week storage: T4-temperGP Zone
HF + DQ @ 10 mm/s + two-week storageGP Zone
1-SPBη′ precipitate
3-SPBη′ precipitate
T6η′ precipitate