Effects of recrystallization temperature on the mechanical properties of CuZn30 alloy

Author

Muhammed, Aree ; Abed, Abdulrahman ; Mustafa, Mustafa A.

Author_Institution

Mech. Eng. Dept., Al-Nahrain Univ., Baghdad, Iraq

fYear

2012

fDate

7-8 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Brass C26000, (CuZn30) was annealed within the temperature range of 200-700°C, at different cooling rates, inside the furnace and in air. A correlation between the heat treatment, microstructure was evaluated; the tensile test and metallographic observations were carried out. The hardness was also measured. The investigations concerning the mechanical properties permitted to determine the effect of the temperature of recrystallization annealing on the strength and plastic properties of the investigated brass, increase of the annealing temperature within the range of 400-650°C results in a deterioration of the mechanical properties of the brass CuZn30 and an increase of its plastic properties, which is fulfil the purpose of this investigation to determine optimum annealing condition for sheet metal forming.

Keywords

brass; forming processes; hardness; heat treatment; metallography; recrystallisation annealing; tensile testing; CuZn; CuZn30 alloy; brass C26000; cooling rates; hardness; heat treatment; mechanical property deterioration; metallographic observation; microstructure; optimum annealing condition; plastic properties; recrystallization annealing temperature; recrystallization temperature effects; sheet metal forming; temperature 200 degC to 700 degC; tensile test; Annealing; Cooling; Grain size; Mechanical factors; Microstructure; Temperature distribution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering Sciences (FNCES), 2012 First National Conference for

Conference_Location

Baghdad

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5033-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NCES.2012.6740482

Filename

6740482