Description
Even though the influence of natural aging on the properties of CCR AA6201 rod is well known, it is not very clear how this affects the final properties of artificially aged drawn wire, nor the interaction between natural aging, deformation, and artificial aging. Therefore, rod samples were naturally aged, deformed, and artificially aged, in order to study how the onset of Mg2Si precipitation influences the rod drawability and properties of the drawn wire. This paper discusses the results of the study.