aluMATTER | Aluminium | Warmtebehandeling

Different aluminium alloys can be subjected to a range of heat treatments:

Homogenisation: after casting, alloys are heated to remove any segregation, i.e. to obtain a homogenous composition throughout the alloy.
Annealing: strain-hardening alloys (1xxx, 3xxx and 5xxx) can be softened after cold working.
Solution heat treatment of precipitation hardening alloys prior to ageing in order to take alloy elements into solution.
Precipitation or age hardening: 2xxx, 6xxx and 7xxx alloys can be strengthened by precipitation hardening, or 'ageing'.
Stoving (e.g. to 'cure' a paint or lacquer coating)

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