Tensile Stress Induced Phase Transformations in Zn-Al Alloy

摘要

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.