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A series of Al-Ge-Si alloys was melt spun into ribbons of about 40 μm thickness. The alloy compositions were selected so as to be suitable as filler metals with brazing temperatures <500°C. In the as-quenched state the foils were relatively brittle due to the occurrence of metastable phases. After appropriate annealing treatments between 300–400°C the metastable phases were transformed into a fine-grained microstructure of β-Ge(Si) particles within the α-Al matrix. This led to considerably improved mechanical properties, which are manifested in decreased microhardness levels near 100 HV0.02 and bend radii <1 mm. The transformation process of foils on annealing was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction methods. The intensity of X-ray reflections of the metastable and equilibrium phases as well as the lattice parameters of α-Al and β-Ge(Si) were evaluated as functions of the annealing temperature. Differences in the transformation behaviour of binary Al-Ge and ternary Al-Ge-Si alloys, in particular, the decreased transformation temperature for the decay of metastable phases in ternary alloys, were revealed.
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SCHUBERT, T., LOSER, W., TERESIAK, A. et al. Preparation and phase transformations of melt-spun Al–Ge–Si brazing foils. Journal of Materials Science 32, 2181–2189 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018599527833
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