Effect of Zinc on the Tensile Properties, Microstructure and characteristics in Aluminum Alloys

Document Type : Original Article

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Physics Department faculty of science New valley university

Abstract

The existing work characterizes the consequence of Zinc increase of the precise structure, thermal and mechanical characteristic of Aluminum by supplement 60% Zinc and 10 % Zinc to fine Aluminum alloy to gained Zinc-40Aluminium and Zinc-90Aluminium. The study presented that the superplasticity of Zinc-90Aluminium is reduced compared with Zinc-40Aluminium. The strain rate (SR; .) and temperature (T) are having extremely influence on tensile figure. Too (SR; .) and (T) donate excellent Young's modulus (Y), ultimate tensile stress (UTS), yield stress (σy), and fracture strength (breaking strength) σf associated with the exponent rule σ =Cε•m; where C is a fixed number and m is the strain average sensitivity index; while strain rate and temperature decrease fracture strain (εf ). The tensile figures are (T) and (SR;  .) dependence. Stress-strain characteristics of Zinc-40Aluminium and Zinc-90Aluminium alloys were investigated at various strain rates (SR, ε•) from 5.0×10-4 to 6.4×10-3 s-1 and deformation temperatures from 298 to 393 K. In case of Zinc-90Aluminium; it has higher ultimate tensile stress (UTS) i.e. Zinc-40Aluminium is more in elongation (ductility) than Zinc-90Aluminium. A common decrease of strain εT with (SR;  .) is characterized by the equation εT =Aexp(-λε•m); A and λ are constant. The results depend on variation precise structure. The Zinc supplement from 10% to40% refines the precise structure, enhancing the mechanical properties, and form increase the ductility.

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