Casting of Clad Strip Consisting of Al-Sn Alloy and Pure Aluminum

Casting of clad strip consisting of Al-40%Sn-1%Cu alloy and 1050 pure aluminum from molten metals was attempted using an unequal diameter twin-roll caster equipped with a scraper. The liquidus line and solidus line of the Al-40% Sn-1% Cu alloy are 620 °C and 220 °C, respectively. The liquidus line and solidus line of the 1050 are 657 °C and 646 °C, respectively. Therefore, solidification temperatures of the two aluminum alloys are much different. When an Al-40%Sn-1%Cu solidification layer was bonded to a solidification layer of the 1050 alloy, the temperature of the 1050 solidification layer surface was higher than the solidus line of Al-40% Sn-1% Cu. However, the Al-40% Sn-1% Cu alloy could be bonded to the 1050 strip and a two-layer clad strip could be cast. The interface between the two strips was very clear. Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA) indicated that Sn in the Al-40% Sn-1% Cu alloy did not diffuse into the 1050 alloy. Tensile shear tests were conducted using the as cast clad strip, and no breakage occurred at the interface between the strips but only in the Al-40% Sn-1% Cu layer. This result confirmed that the two strips were strongly bonded at the interface.

Phase relations up to the solidus line in the part of the Sb-Zn-O system

Phase relations up to the solidus line in part of the Sb-Zn-O system have been investigated over the entire concentration range of the α-Sb2O4-ZnO system in air ( \( P_{O_2 } \) = 0.21 atm) using XRD and DTA/TG. The components of this system in air form ZnSb2O6 and Zn7Sb2O12. The results allow division of the system into three subsystems, i.e. α-Sb2O4-ZnSb2O6; ZnSb2O6Zn7Sb2O12 and Zn7Sb2O12-ZnO. The temperature ranges over which the ZnSb2O6 and Zn7Sb2O12 remain at equilibrium with other solid compounds depend on the gaseous atmosphere.