Solidificação direcional e resistência ao desgaste de ligas Zn-8%Al-x%Cu

• Ano de defesa: 2020
• Autor(a) principal: Medeiros, Múcio Dantas de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Brasil; UFRN; PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM CIÊNCIA E ENGENHARIA DE MATERIAIS
• Palavras-chave em Português: Solidificação; Ligas Zn-Al-Cu; Parâmetros térmicos; Microestrutura; Dureza; Desgaste
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/32050

Zinc is one of the most non-ferrous metals produced after aluminum and copper in functional and decorative applications. The main advance in the foundry industry for zinc-based alloys in recent years has been in the development of new zinc-aluminum alloys. However, Zn-Al alloys have a low lubrication level, low ductility at room temperature and reduced mechanical strength at high temperature. In this sense, this work aims to study the effects of Cu additions on the solidification thermal parameters such as cooling and growth rates (ṪL/VL-liquidus isotherm and ṪE/VE-eutectic front), microstructure (dendritic and eutectic arrangements), hardness and wear resistance of a hypereutectic Zn8wt.%Al alloy. Techniques such as X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF), Optical Microscopy (OM) and Scanning Electronics (SEM) were used to characterize the as-cast samples. The results showed that Zn-AlCu alloys are formed by an eutectic matrix [(Zn)+(Al+Zn)] with lamellar and fibrous morphology also containing τ'-Al4Cu3Zn intermetallic particles and Al-rich pro-eutectic dendrites (Al'), with alternating lamellae of Al and Zn, from the eutectoid transformation [(Al')↔(Al)+ (Zn)]. The addition of 0.8wt.% Cu did not change the secondary dendritic arm spacing (λ2), while a 1.3wt.% Cu content generated a slight dendritic refinement. The Cu additions have coarsen the fibrous (λEF) and lamellar (λEL) eutectic of the binary Zn-8wt.%Al alloy, with exception of the Zn-8wt.% Al-1.3wt.% Cu alloy, which showed a refinement of the fibrous eutectic for VE> 0.30 mm/s. Increase in hardness has been observed for both Cu-modified alloys due to the solid-solution strengthening mechanism and presence of the τ'-Al4Cu3Zn intermetallics. An expressive increase of about 73.4% has been observed due to the addition of 1.3% Cu, which is also related to lower eutectic fibrous spacings. The Zn-8wt.%Al-0.8wt.% Cu alloy showed higher wear resistance associated with a lower fraction of τ’-Al4Cu3Zn.