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Phase Transformations in Quench-Aged Zn-Al-Si Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Y.H. Zhu
Affiliation:
University of Aston, Gosta Green, Birmingham B4 7ET, U.K.;
T. Savaskan
Affiliation:
Technical University of Nova Scotia, P.O. Box 1000, Halifax, N.S., Canada.
S. Murphy
Affiliation:
University of Aston, Gosta Green, Birmingham B4 7ET, U.K.;
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Abstract

Two zinc-aluminium based alloys with 30% Zn and 60% Zn and small additions of silicon have been quench-aged and the phase transformations studied in relation to the hardness. It was found that the peak hardness increase is due to the formation of αm and α phases and evidence has been obtained for the transformation of these to αm and α. A cellular reaction αS →αT +η was observed in the first stage of ageing in the alloy with 60% Zn.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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