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Solidification Structure of the Coating Layer on Hot-Dip Zn-11%Al-3%Mg-0.2%Si-Coated Steel Sheet
Kazuhiko HondaWataru YamadaKohsaku Ushioda
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2008 Volume 49 Issue 6 Pages 1395-1400

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The solidification structure of the coating layer on hot-dip Zn-11%Al-3%Mg-0.2%Si-coated steel sheet was studied by means of metallographic examinations together with calculation of phase diagram based on Thermo-Calc. The solidification structure observed, which exhibited a combination of the Zn/Al/MgZn2 ternary eutectic structure, the primary Al phase, and the MgZn2 phase, turned out to be different from that predicted under an equilibrium state in the sense that MgZn2 instead of Mg2Zn11 was observed under the present condition. Excluding the Mg2Zn11 phase from the equilibrium phase diagram, the metastable phase diagram was calculated. Excellent agreement was obtained between the calculation and the experiment in terms of the solidification structure of the coating layer. Consequently, MgZn2 is considered to form easily as the metastable structure known as the Laves phase, because the high cooling rate associated with the present experiment does not provide any potential for peritectic-eutectic reactions, which usually occur in the equilibrium state. Furthermore, MgZn2, which has a C14-type Laves structure and a high rate of nucleation in the liquid phase, is considered to cause the preferential Zn/Al/MgZn2 ternary eutectic reactions.

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