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Mechanism of solid-state eutectoid transformation in an aluminium-zinc alloy

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The growth rate of pearlite during isothermal transformation of an aluminium-zinc eutectoid has been determined experimentally. Different theoretical models, assuming either volume or boundary diffusion of zinc to be a rate controlling mechanism for the eutectoid transformation, have been applied. With volume diffusion models, the calculated growth rates were lower than the experimental growth rates by a factor of three orders of magnitude. Reasonable agreement between the calculated and experimental growth rates has been obtained on applying the boundary diffusion models. The activation energy for boundary diffusion of zinc in the aluminium-zinc alloy was estimated to be ≅11.6 kcals/mole.

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  1. Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

    N. A. Razik

  2. Faculty of Science, University of Mansoura, Egypt

    S. A. Maksoud

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Razik, N.A., Maksoud, S.A. Mechanism of solid-state eutectoid transformation in an aluminium-zinc alloy. Appl. Phys. 19, 331–335 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00900477

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