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The effects of deformation temperature and strain rate on the superplastic behavior of the Zn–21Al–2Cu alloy (Zinalco alloy) were investigated by uniaxial tensile tests. Results were compared with those of the Zn–22Al eutectoid alloy without Cu. It was observed that additions of 2 % Cu leads to a decrease of the maximum strain attainable from 2600 % to 1000 %. The maximum strain in Zinalco alloy is obtained at lower strain rates. The presence of Cu increases the values of flow stress up to 600 % compared with those reported in the Zn-22Al alloy. Grain size sensitivity (p), true activation energy (Q t ), and constant A of the constitutive equation were not affected by presence of Cu unlike the stress exponent (n) which increased from 2.5 to 3.9. The main effect of Cu was to decrease the plastic flow stability of the Zn–22Al alloy. The results indicate that presence of Cu in the Zinalco alloy causes a hardening effect at low strain rates leading to a decrease in the strain rate sensitivity which promotes the formation and growth of sharp necks. Microstructural characterization suggests that the large deformations at necking could possibly be due to the substantial elongation capability of the Zn-rich phase (η).
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The authors of the present work would like to acknowledge the financial support for the project C10-FAI-05-04.67 and the facilities provided at CCIM-UASLP to perform the experiments. We also thank Dr. Jesus Negrete Sanchez for his collaboration in this investigation and Emmanuel Gutierrez, Minerva Aranda, Margarita Alvarez, and Alfredo Ruiz for their technical assistance.
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Ramos Azpeitia, M., Martínez Flores, E.E. & Torres Villaseñor, G. Superplastic behavior of Zn–Al eutectoid alloy with 2 % Cu. J Mater Sci 47, 6206–6212 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-012-6494-z
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