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koslov · 08-03-2003, 09:56 PM

Thank you for the links. I decided to look a little deeper into the role of quenching on defects, and found more supporting evidence:

http://www2.umist.ac.uk/material/res...u/al4cu01t.htm
"Rapid quenching also preserves the large number density of vacancies in the aluminium lattice from the high solution temperature." -edit: Not really relevant since the alloy is Al2Cu.

So it appears I will be lapping the block just enough to remove any impurities (oil, dirt), then annealing (is it correct to use the highest temp in the annealing range?), then fine lapping.

08-03-2003, 09:56 PM	#92
koslov Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Posts: 264	Thank you for the links. I decided to look a little deeper into the role of quenching on defects, and found more supporting evidence: http://www2.umist.ac.uk/material/res...u/al4cu01t.htm "Rapid quenching also preserves the large number density of vacancies in the aluminium lattice from the high solution temperature." -edit: Not really relevant since the alloy is Al2Cu. So it appears I will be lapping the block just enough to remove any impurities (oil, dirt), then annealing (is it correct to use the highest temp in the annealing range?), then fine lapping. Last edited by koslov; 08-03-2003 at 10:54 PM.