Sorry the term i gave u was wrong, what i mean was grain boundary. And I was asking a wrong question. I just learned that is not about soaking but the speed of the quenching.
"To obtain optimum physical properties of aluminum alloys, rapid quenching is required. The recommended...
From the info u provided i say that they just softening it.
they putting it in the oven for about 40min 923degF, quench it (regardless of the thickness as long its hard to form).
Im new to this kind of idea bcoz im my previous company, we fabricate parts with thick materials in t0 condition...
I would like to ask for a brief procedure for heat treating 2024 t3 aluminum to t0 condition. Will it return to its original state (t3) for a specific time? Its been a practice here in our company to heat treat it to 40min. then bend it (0.083 thick). They say that it will return to its t3 state...
