Al-Zn Galvanic Anode

Microstructure of Al-Zn and Zn-Al Alloys*

The change of microstructure of the title alloys with concentration, temperature and applied thermal treatment was studied in situ by XRD. The alloys, having the Zn atomic fraction, x(Zn), from 0.03 to 0.62, were subjected to: (i) rapid quenching from a temperature, Tt, higher than the solid-solution temperature, Tss, in water at RT (samples WQ); (ii) slow cooling from Tt to RT (samples SC). Th...

A review of galvanic anode cathodic protection design procedure

Electrochemistry is a physical science. As a general definition physical sciences apply mathematical equations, making some assumptions in order to predict/explain phenomena/mechanism occurring in the natural environment. The mechanism of cathodic protection in seawater has been covered exhaustively elsewhere and the intent of this paper is to focus on the procedure of the galvanic (sacrificial...

Growth directions in directionally solidified Al–Zn and Zn–Al alloys near eutectic composition

Growth directions and crystallographic orientations of solidification microstructures have been measured in Al–Zn alloy near the eutectic composition. Al dendrites in Al–92 wt.% Zn alloy were found to grow along the h110i directions while Zn dendrites in Al– 96 and 98 wt.% Zn have h10 10i trunks. In the lamellar eutectic, a crystallographic relationship has been found between the dense plane of...

On Some Ternary Phases in the Systems Nb-Zn-Al and Ta-Zn-Al

Aluminium, Niobium, Tantalum, Zinc, Alloy In the systems NbZi^-aALr and TaZn2_^Alz a great number of samples was prepared and investigated by means of X-ray powder diffraction. In both systems at the equiatomic composition two new ternary phases were found. Their crystal structures were determined and found to belong to the Friauf-Laves type (MgZm prototype, S. G. P 63/mmc). The unit cell param...

ANELASTIC EFFECTS IN SINGLE CRYSTALS OF -Cu-Zn AND -Cu-Zn-Al ALLOYS