Journal
ACTA MATERIALIA
Volume 52, Issue 15, Pages 4537-4545Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2004.06.011
Keywords
grain boundaries; wetting; phase diagrams; Zn-Al alloys
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A systematic study of grain boundary wetting by a solid phase was carried out for the first time. The microstructure of Zn-5 wt% Al polycrystals was studied in the temperature range 250-375 degreesC. The Al-rich phase formed either chains of separated lens-like precipitates or continuous layers at the Zn-rich phase/Zn-rich phase grain boundaries upon annealing at different temperatures. The contact angle at the intersection between the Al-rich phase/Zn-rich phase interphase boundaries and the Zn-rich phase/Zn-rich phase grain boundary decreased with increasing temperature. It became zero at a certain temperature, and remained zero above this solid-state wetting temperature, i.e., a continuous Al-rich phase layer covered the Zn-rich phase/Zn-rich phase grain boundaries. The fraction of wetted grain boundaries increased with increasing temperature and was independent of annealing time. The growth of the Al-rich phase at the grain boundaries is controlled by volume diffusion in the matrix phase. (C) 2004 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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