Galvanization Processes

Due to its importance for hot-dip galvanization processes, Zinc (Zn) is included in the TCS Steel and Fe-alloys Database (TCFE) with the focus on the Zn corner of several systems such as Fe-X-Zn (X=Al, Cr, Cu, Mn, Nb, Ni, Si, Sn).

The following compares the Zn corners for the Al-Cr-Zn and Al-Fe-Zn systems.

Al-Cr-Zn

TCFE Calculation example: Zn corner of  Al-Cr-Zn system at 460 °C compared with experimental information 

Figure 1: Zn corner of  Al-Cr-Zn system at 460 °C compared with experimental information [2007Fou].

Al-Fe-Zn

TCFE calculation example: Zn corner of  Al-Fe-Zn system at 460 °C compared with experimental information 

Figure 2: Zn corner of   Al-Fe-Zn system at 460 °C compared with experimental information cited by [2007Nak].

References

[2007Fou] R. Fourmentin, M.-N. Avettand-Fènoël, G. Reumont, P. Perrot, Optimization of the Al–Cr–Zn system at 460 °C, J. Mater. Sci. 42, 7934–7938 (2007).

[2007Nak] J. Nakano, D. V Malakhov, S. Yamaguchi, G. R. Purdy, A full thermodynamic optimization of the Zn–Fe–Al system within the 420–500 °C temperature range, Calphad. 31, 125–140 (2007).