Solidification Microstructures and Wear Resistance of Zn-Al-Bi Monotectic Alloys

• Grant number: 17/16058-9
• Support type: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Effective date (Start): January 01, 2018
• Effective date (End): June 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Transformation Metallurgy
• Principal Investigator: Noe Cheung
• Grantee: Noe Cheung
• Host: Juan Jose de Damborenea
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica (FEM). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Local de pesquisa : Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain

Abstract

Monotectic alloys can have interesting tribological characteristics with the solute acting as a solid lubricant, while the matrix provides required structural integrity. The addition of third elements can increase the alloy load capacity, and depending on the nature of the third element can also improve the tribological characteristics. The microstructural features of these alloys, such as morphology, distribution, length scale of the phases and consequently wear behavior depend strongly on the parameters of their manufacture route. In order to previously program the final properties of the metallic components produced by casting processes, it is important to develop a detailed study to establish correlations between microstructural as-cast features and tribological properties. Several alloys are currently identified with the potential application on tribological components but there is a lack in systematic studies involving microstructural growth under transient solidification regime and its correlations with wear resistance. The aim of the present project is contributing to a better understanding of this issues through the development of theoretical/experimental analysis in order to establish a correlation between representative parameters of solidification microstructures of Zn-Al-Bi monotectic alloys, thermal variables of transient solidification (growth and cooling rates) and dry wear resistance. The wear tests will be performed at the laboratories of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalurgicas (CENIM) from Madrid.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SEPTIMIO, RUDIMYLLA S.; ARENAS, MARIA A.; CONDE, ANA; GARCIA, AMAURI; CHEUNG, NOE; DE DAMBORENEA, JUAN. Galvanic corrosion analysis of a Bi-Zn solder alloy coupled to Ni and Cu substrates. CORROSION ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, JUL 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

BARROS, ANDRE; CRUZ, CLARISSA; SILVA, ADRINA P.; CHEUNG, NOE; GARCIA, AMAURI; ROCHA, OTAVIO; MOREIRA, ANTONIO. Horizontally Solidified Al-3wt%Cu-(0.5wt%Mg) Alloys: Tailoring Thermal Parameters, Microstructure, Microhardness, and Corrosion Behavior. ACTA METALLURGICA SINICA-ENGLISH LETTERS, v. 32, n. 6, p. 695-709, JUN 2019. Web of Science Citations: 1.

SEPTIMIO, RUDIMYLLA S.; ARENAS, MARIA A.; CONDE, ANA; GARCIA, AMAURI; CHEUNG, NOE; DE DAMBORENEA, JUAN. Correlation between microstructure and corrosion behaviour of Bi-Zn solder alloys. CORROSION ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, v. 54, n. 4, p. 362-368, MAY 19 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

VIDA, TALITA A.; BRITO, CRYSTOPHER; LIMA, THIAGO S.; SPINELLI, JOSE E.; CHEUNG, NOE; GARCIA, AMAURI. Near-eutectic Zn-Mg alloys: Interrelations of solidification thermal parameters, microstructure length scale and tensile/corrosion properties. CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS, v. 19, n. 5, p. 582-598, MAY 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

CANTE, V, MANUEL; LIMA, THIAGO S.; BRITO, CRYSTOPHER; GARCIA, AMAURI; CHEUNG, NOE; SPINELLI, JOSE E. An Alternative to the Recycling of Fe-Contaminated Al. JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE METALLURGY, v. 4, n. 3, p. 412-426, SEP 2018. Web of Science Citations: 1.