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Dilatometric and thermal analysis of hipoeutectoid Zn-Al alloys

B. VARGA1, D. MUNTEANU1,*

Affiliation

  1. Dept. of Technological Equipment and Materials Science, Transilvania University, 500036 Brasov, Romania

Abstract

The Zn-Al alloys containing different amounts of Al (4,8,12,22 and 27 wt. %) are very often found in certain applications. Microstructure changes and phase transformation of these alloys have been systematically characterized. The present paper is focused on the establishing activation energies for eutectoid transformations in the binary Zn (4,8,12,22) wt. % - Al systems, using the temperature values of correspondent peaks from experimental derivative dilatation curves. The increasing of aluminium contents determines a decreasing of activation energy value either for heating or cooling. The activation energy variation depends on aluminium content or eutectoid ratio in the alloy structure.

Keywords

Zn-Al alloy, Thermal analysis, Dilatometric analysis.

Citation

B. VARGA, D. MUNTEANU, Dilatometric and thermal analysis of hipoeutectoid Zn-Al alloys, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 3, 12, December 2009, pp.1343-1347 (2009).

Submitted at: Nov. 16, 2009

Accepted at: Nov. 23, 2009