J Mater Sci Technol ›› 1997, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (1): 45-49.

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Tensile Stress Induced Phase Transformations in Zn-Al Alloy

Y.H.ZHU and J.Juarez Islas (Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, UNAM, Apdo.P.70-360, Mexico D.F.04510, Mexico)   

  • Received:1997-01-28 Revised:1997-01-28 Online:1997-01-28 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: Both furnace cooled and as-cast eutectoid Zn-Al alloys were investigated under external tensile stress at 100℃. It was observed that the external tensile stress caused decomposition of two metastable phases η'T and η'S which derived from both original state of the alloy, and a phase transformation, αf +ε→T' +η, in both furnace cooled and as-cast eutectoid Zn-Al alloys. Also spheroidized structure formed partially during tensile testing. Superplasticity of the alloy has been discussed correlating with the phase transformations and microstructural changes.