Zinc Aluminum Alloys: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(→Links) |
(→Links) |
||
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
*[[ZA Alloy Bushings]] | *[[ZA Alloy Bushings]] | ||
*Melting temperatures, hardness, and other properties - [https://www.eazall.com/Gravity-Casting-Alloys] | *Melting temperatures, hardness, and other properties - [https://www.eazall.com/Gravity-Casting-Alloys] | ||
=3D Printing and Housing Applications= | |||
*Zinc and ZA alloys melt readily at around 420C, as low as 375C - and can possibly be 3D printed through a melting nozzle. | |||
*Zinc is also the materials of galvanizing - a critical ingredient of lifetime design with metals. | |||
Revision as of 02:39, 16 February 2021
Intro
- Alloys that met at low temperature (431C) [1] and have 60ksi tensile strength. They display the low melting point slightly smaller than that of zinc, with strength significantly greater than that of aluminum (45 ksi). [2].
- Majority of composition is Zinc - commonly - 8, 12, 27%
- ZA alloys not only show the best melt/strength properties of each component metal. They show IMPROVED melt point (430 compared to 660C for Aluminum) - strength (30% stronger)properties compared to their components.
- As such, ZA are magical ingredients for the Desktop Foundry.
Machinability
- ZA 12 is machinable and 120 Brinell Hardness, same as mild steel
Links
- Stovetop production of ZA alloy - [3]
- Wikipedia - [4]]
- ZA Alloy Bushings
- Melting temperatures, hardness, and other properties - [5]
3D Printing and Housing Applications
- Zinc and ZA alloys melt readily at around 420C, as low as 375C - and can possibly be 3D printed through a melting nozzle.
- Zinc is also the materials of galvanizing - a critical ingredient of lifetime design with metals.