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The Nanostructure characteristics of Al 3 Sc 1-x Zr x nanoparticles and their effects on the mechanical properties and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) behavior of Al-Zn-Mg alloys were investigated by 3D atom probe analyses, high-angle annular-dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy methods, electron back scattered diffraction techniques, electrochemical measurements, slow strain rate tests and quantitative calculations. The results show that adding small amounts of scandium (0.10 percent by weight) and zirconium into Al-Zn-Mg extrusion bars can precipitate Al 3 Sc 1-x Zr x nanoparticles with a number density of (7.80 ± 3.83) × 10 21 per cubic meter. Those particles, with a low lattice misfit with matrix (1.14 ± 0.03 percent) and stable core-shell L12-nanostructure in aged Al-Zn-Mg alloys, can increase the yield strength by 161 ± 7 MPa via strong Orowan strengthening (the theoretical calculated value is 159 MPa) and weak Hall-Petch strengthening (the theoretical calculated value is 6 MPa). Moreover, Al 3 Sc 1-x Zr x nanoparticles can change the fracture mechanism of alloys in 3.5% NaCl solution from intergranular cracks to transgranular failure, and decrease the proportion of high-angle grain boundaries from 87% to 31%, thus reducing the microchemistry differences around the grain boundaries and anodic dissolution kinetics, and improving intergranular SCC resistance and ductility. This study offers a new approach to the simultaneous improvement in mechanical property and corrosion performance of high strength alloys.

Nanostructure Characteristics of Al3Sc1−xZrx Nanoparticles and Their Effects on Mechanical Property and SCC Behavior of Al–Zn–Mg Alloys