SAETechnicalStandardsBoardRulesprovidethat:“ThisreportispublishedbySAEtoadvancethestateoftechnicalandengineeringsciences.Theuseofthisreportisentirelyvoluntary,anditsapplicabilityandsuitabilityforanyparticularuse,includinganypatentinfringementarisingtherefrom,isthesoleresponsibilityoftheuser.”SAEreviewseachtechnicalreportatleasteveryfiveyearsatwhichtimeitmaybereaffirmed,revised,orcancelled.SAEinvitesyourwrittencommentsandsuggestions.Copyright©2008SAEInternationalAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystemortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofSAE.TOPLACEADOCUMENTORDER:Tel:877-606-7323(insideUSAandCanada)Tel:724-776-4970(outsideUSA)Fax:724-776-0790Email:CustomerService@sae.orgSAEWEBADDRESS:(See8.2.1)byproducers.ItsupersedesAMS-H-6088andreplacesMIL-H-6088.1.1.1TempersAluminumalloytempersaredescribedinSAEAS1990andANSIH35.1.1.1.2OtherAlloysThisspecificationmaybeusedforalloysotherthanthosespecifiedhereinprovidingtemperatures,times,andquenchantarespecified.1.1.3OtherHeatTreatment1.1.3.1Parts(See8.2.2)MadefromwroughtrawmaterialshallbeheattreatedinaccordancewithAMS2770.1.1.3.2CastingsandPartsMadefromCastingsArenotcoveredbythisspecification;heattreatmentofaluminumcastingsandpartsmadefromsuchcastingsiscoveredbyAMS2771.1.1.3.3TemperConversionWarehouses,distributorsetc.shallconformto3.8.1.1.3.4ProcedureforResponse-to-Heat-TreatmentTestsShallconformto3.9.Author:Gilligan-SID:9234-GUID:16626402-155.69.4.4SAEAMS2772E-2-2.APPLICABLEDOCUMENTSTheissueofthefollowingdocumentsineffectonthedateofthepurchaseorderformsapartofthisspecificationtotheextentspecifiedherein.Thesuppliermayworktoasubsequentrevisionofadocumentunlessaspecificdocumentissueisspecified.Whenthereferenceddocumenthasbeencancelledandnosupersedingdocumenthasbeenspecified,thelastpublishedissueofthatdocumentshallapply.2.1SAEPublicationsAvailablefromSAEInternational,400CommonwealthDrive,Warrendale,PA15096-0001,Tel:877-606-7323(insideUSAandCanada)or724-776-4970(outsideUSA),:610-832-9585,(Metric)ASTMB666/B666MIdentificationMarkingofAluminumandMagnesiumProductsASTMG110EvaluatingIntergranularCorrosionResistanceofHeatTreatableAluminumAlloysbyImmersioninSodiumChloride+HydrogenPeroxideSolution2.3U.S.GovernmentPublicationsAvailablefromtheDocumentAutomationandProductionService(DAPS),Building4/D,700RobbinsAvenue,Philadelphia,PA19111-5094,Tel:215-697-6257,:212-642-4900,(MMPDS)Author:Gilligan-SID:9234-GUID:16626402-155.69.4.4SAEAMS2772E-3-3.TECHNICALREQUIREMENTS3.1EquipmentQualificationBeforeproductionheattreatment,eachsolutionheattreatingfurnace/quenchfacilityandeachagingfurnaceshallbequalifiedbytensileandmetallurgicaltesting(See4.4)ofheattreatedsamplesrepresentativeofthemostquench-sensitive(See4.3.2.5.1)producttobeheattreated.Inaddition,qualificationofquenchfacilitiesshallincludeconformanceto4.3.3.1.1SampleThicknessTensiletestsshallberepresentativeofthethinnestandthethickestmaterialtobeheattreated;intermediatethicknesssamplesshallbeincludedwhennecessarytoensureproperproductionheattreatment.Thicknessformetallurgicaltestsshallconformto4.4.3.1.2SampleLocationsSamplesshallberandomlypositionedinsimulatedproductionloadsexceptatleastoneofthetensiletestsamplesshallbepositionedatalocationwhichexhibitedaconductivitywithin0.3%ofthehighestconductivityinaquenchuniformitytest.3.1.3EquipmentRe-QualificationWheneveranyqualifiedequipmentischangedorreworked,itshallbere-qualifiedunlessitisknownthatthechangeorreworkwillnothaveadetrimental