The invention provides a heat treatment method for improving the comprehensive performance of
alloy. The
alloy contains the following components of, by weight, 3.5%-4.5% of Cu, 1.4%-1.80% of Li, 0.2%-0.8% of Mg, 0.2%-0.8% of Zn, 0.04%-0.20% of Zr, 0.20%-0.80% of Mn, any one to three kinds of 0.05%-0.35% of Sc, 0.2%-0.8% of Ag and 0.10%-0.25% of Er, less than or equal to 0.08% of Si, less than or equal to 0.10% of Fe, less than or equal to 0.10% of Ti, less than or equal to 0.05% of other impurities individually, less than or equal to 0.15% of the other impurities in total, and the balance Al.The method comprises the following steps that after the
alloy is subjected to
solid solution and
quenching, "spheroidizing aging" treatment is performed for 10 hours to 20 hours at 220 DEG C to 280 DEG C, the micron-scale granular precipitated phase is formed in the
crystal, meanwhile, the large-size flake-and-needle-like "Widmanstatten structure" remained at the
crystal boundary is converted intothe intermittent granular
equilibrium phase, then repeated
solid solution treatment, cold deformation treatment and aging treatment are performed, so that re-
dissolution of the micron-scale granularprecipitated phase is achieved, moreover,
precipitation of the nano-scale precipitated phase is promoted, the characteristic tissue with the uniform and tiny in-
crystal precipitated phase and the intermittently-distributed crystal boundary precipitated phase is obtained, then the comprehensive performance of the alloy is improved, and the method is suitable for alloy thick plates,
forge pieces andlarge-section
extrusion materials used in the fields of
aviation and weapons.