Experimental study of the Sb-Sn-Zn alloy system

experimental description of the SbSn-Zn system by methods scanning electron microskope and differetial scanning calorimetryexperimentální popis ternární soustavy Sb-Sn-Zn metodami skenovací elektronové mikroskopie a diferenční skenovací kalorimetrieexperimental description of the SbSn-Zn system by methods scanning electron microskope and differetial scanning calorimetr

Cu–Ni nanoalloy phase diagram – Prediction and experiment

The Cu-Ni nanoalloy phase diagram respecting the nanoparticle size as an extra variable was calculated by the CALPHAD method. The samples of the Cu-Ni nanoalloys were prepared by the solvothermal synthesis from metal precursors. The samples were characterized by means of dynamic light scattering (DLS), infrared spectroscopy (IR), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP/OES), transmission electron microscopy (TEM, HRTEM), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The nanoparticle size, chemical composition, and Cu-Ni nanoparticles melting temperature depression were obtained. The experimental temperatures of melting of nanoparticles were in good agreement with the theoretical CALPHAD predictions considering surface energy.Fázový diagram nanoslitiny Cu-Ni respektující velikost nanočástic jako další proměnné byl vypočten metodou CALPHAD. Vzorky Cu-Ni nanoslitin byly připraveny solvotermální syntézou z prekurzorů kovů. Tyto vzorky byly charakterizovány pomocí dynamického rozptylu světla (DLS), infračervené spektroskopie (IR) s indukčně vázanou plazmou a optickou emisní spektroskopií (ICP / OES), transmisní elektronovou mikroskopií (TEM, HRTEM) a diferenciální skenovací kalorimetrií (DSC). Velikost nanočástic, chemické složení a Cu-Ni deprese teploty tání nanočástic byly získány experimentálně a v dobré shodě s teoretickou předpovědí metodou CALPHAD s uvážením povrchové energie nanočástic

Experimental Description of the Al-Cu Binary Phase Diagram

The phase diagram of the Al-Cu binary system was reinvestigated experimentally. The current study was designed to contribute to a better description of those parts of the phase diagram which are disputed in the current scientific literature, and in addition, to study the phase equilibria at 300 °C. The melting behavior of the θ-phase was confirmed to be peritectic. A metastable congruent solidification of the θ-phase was observed from the microstructural examination of as-cast samples. The location of the liquidus curve in this region of the phase diagram was more accurately defined using DSC measurements taken at slow-heating rates (1 °C min−1). The temperature stability of the ζ-phase was reevaluated and was found to lie in the range 373–597 °C. The phase boundaries of the γ′ + ε′ two-phase field were experimentally defined. Difficulties in defining the γ′/δ transition were addressed by a combined EDX/XRD investigation of more than ten samples that had been annealed in the temperature range of 500 to 750 °C. The (γ′ + δ) two-phase field was postulated from XRD studies of quenched samples. The temperature of the ordering reaction γ ↔ γ′ within the γ(γ′) + β phase field was experimentally determined to be 779.6 °C. All other parts of the Al-Cu phase diagram studied here were found to be in very good agreement with the most recent previous descriptions.© The Author(s) 201