The Effect of Heat Treatment on Hardness and Microstructure of Al-Cu Squeeze Casting Product

This research was conducted with the purpose of knowing the change mechanical properties of Al - Cu squeeze casting product which applied heat treatment and quenching. This study uses Al with the addition of 2% and 4% Cu,with the squeeze casting pressures applied are 100, 200, 300 and 400 bar. Heat treatment temperature constant at 520 ° C and 90 minute holding time. The heat treatment results were observed using Optical Microscopy with 800 times magnification and the hardness was measured using the Vickers hardness test method. The highest result of hardness is on the pressure 400 bar with the addition of 4% Cu which is 120.53 VHN and the average percentage of the most Al2Cu compounds is 23.125%. Heat treatment followed by quenching process significantly increase the hardness, it is because of the more solid and smaller granular shape due to quenching.

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