Rate-controlling Process of Low Temperature Deformation in Al-Zn Alloys

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...

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...

Corrosion Mechanism of Al-zn-in Alloys in Chloride Solutions

The electrochemical behavior of Al-ZnIn alloys was investigated in chloride media by means of potentiodynamic techniques, complemented by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis (EDX) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The influence of local alkalization produced by previous cathodization was analyzed at potentials more negative than the rest potential. The...

THE INFLUENCE ON Ni-CONTENT ON THE Ms-TEMPERATURE OF Cu-Zn-Al-Ni ALLOYS

Quench Rate Effects on the Natural Aging Behavior of 7xxx Al-mg-zn-cu Aluminum Alloys

The effect of quench rate on the natural aging behavior was examined using microhardness, conductivity and the differential scanning calorimeter. The data indicated that GPZ formed during extended natural aging of 7075, while extended aging of 7050 resulted in the precipitation of η’. Introduction The aluminum alloy system Al-Zn-Mg-Cu is the mainstay of aluminum alloys used in the aerospace ind...