THE EFFECT OF ALLOYING WITH MAGNESIUM ON THE ANNEALING BEHAVIOR OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS STUDIED BY POSITRON LIFETIME TECHNIQUE

The migration enthalpy $H_{iv}^m$ for point defects and dislocations is estimated by using positron lifetime technique; point defects and dislocations are produced as a result of plastic deformation at room temperature (RT) for the decomposition sequence, namely 5005, 5052 and 5083, of commercial Al–Mg systems. The results show that $H_{iv}^m$ for the three systems increases as the Mg content is increased to u1=0.34±0.09 eV, u2=0.39±0.12 eV, and u3=0.42±0.08 eV for the point defect state, and u1=1.12±0.08 eV and u2=1.37±0.13 eV for the dislocation state to 5005 and 5052, respectively. All the data are analyzed in terms of the two state trapping model.