	US 11,885,002 B2
	High-performance 6000-series aluminum alloy structures
Nhon Q. Vo, Winchester, MA (US); Francisco U. Flores, Lowell, MA (US); Vincent R. Jansen, Ashland, MA (US); and Joseph R. Croteau, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to NanoAL LLC, Ashland, MA (US)
Filed by NanoAL LLC, Ashland, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/566,262.
Application 16/566,262 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2018/025211, filed on Mar. 29, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/479,086, filed on Mar. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0048749 A1, Feb. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. C22C 21/08 (2006.01); C22F 1/05 (2006.01)

CPC C22F 1/05 (2013.01) [C22C 21/08 (2013.01)]

11 Claims

1. An aluminum alloy structure, comprising:

0.6% to 0.9% by weight magnesium, 0.35% to 0.7% by weight silicon, 0.2% to 0.5% by weight zirconium, and 0.005% to 0.2% by weight tin, with aluminum as the remainder; and

Al₃Zr nanoscale precipitates having an average diameter of no more than 20 nm, having an L1₂structure in an α-Al face centered cubic matrix, and having an average number density of at least 10²¹m⁻³;

wherein the aluminum alloy structure has a thermal conductivity of at least 185 W/mK, a yield strength of at least 270 MPa, and a tensile strength of at least 290 MPa.