2015
The Use of Colour Metallography and EDS for Identification of Chemical Heterogeneity of Selected Aluminium Alloys Copper and Zinc Alloyed.
VIKTORIE, Weiss and Jaroslava SVOBODOVÁBasic information
Original name
The Use of Colour Metallography and EDS for Identification of Chemical Heterogeneity of Selected Aluminium Alloys Copper and Zinc Alloyed.
Name in Czech
Využití barevné metalografie a EDS pro identifikaci chemické heterogenity u vybraných hliníkových slitin.
Authors
VIKTORIE, Weiss (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Jaroslava SVOBODOVÁ (203 Czech Republic)
Edition
Manufacturing Technology, Ústí nad Labem, Univerzita J. E. Purkyne, 2015, 1213-2489
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Article in a journal
Field of Study
20501 Materials engineering
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code
RIV/75081431:_____/15:00000562
Organization unit
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Keywords (in Czech)
krystalová segregace; barevna metalografie; homogenizační žíhaní; barevné leptání; AlCu4MgMn; AlZn5,5MgCu; EDS
Keywords in English
crystal segregation; colour metallography; intermetallic phase; eutectic; colour etching; AlCu4MgMn; AlZn5.5MgCu; EDS
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Changed: 6/4/2016 08:06, Věra Kostková
V originále
Aluminium alloys with higher content of alloying elements are very susceptible to the emergence of crystal segregation that significantly affects the mechanical, physical and chemical properties of these alloys. Crystal segregation is called chemical heterogeneity in microscale and is formed during crystallization. Crystallization of alloys does not occur at a particular temperature, as is the case of pure metals, but in a certain temperature interval. During cooling of the melt occurs to formation of different regions within the dendritic cell that differs in chemical composition. Generally is crystal segregation defined as chemical heterogeneity formed during alloy crystallization that is enriched or deprived of alloying elements and impurities that segregate unevenly across the surface of the dendrites. In the central area of the dendritic cells is alloy deprived of alloying elements, while the outer parts of dendritic cells and in space between dendrites is the concentration of alloying elements richer. This concentration has a hyperbolic course, when the central region of dendritic cells has the lowest concentration of the alloying elements and the outer part of dendrite boughs and interdendritic space have the maximum. Distribution of individual elements has a recurring character and can be described by sine function. The distance between two main axes of dendritic cells is affected by the temperature interval between the liquidus and solidus for the given alloy, the cooling rate of the melt and temperature gradient during solidification. Formation of the crystal segregation in aluminium alloys rich in alloying element and additives cannot be prevented, it is possible only influence its scope and with the right choice of heat treatment parameters can be suppressed. To suppress the crystal segregation the castings are subjected to heat treatment which is called homogenization annealing. It is the diffusion process in which there occurs to a balancing of chemical composition of alloy and the uniformity of its structure.