COST 507 - Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto
COST 507 - Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto
COST 507 - Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto
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An Example using the <strong>COST</strong> <strong>507</strong> Database<br />
Here an example using <strong>da</strong>ta from "Leading System 1 is given. The quinary system Al-<br />
Fe-Mg-Mn-Si is important to the aluminium industry since it encompasses the 1000,<br />
3000 and 5000 series wrought alloys. These cover, eg, major products including<br />
lithographic sheet, UBC's (universal beverage cans) body and can end material, and<br />
material for automotive applications (body panels, space frames etc). Figs 1-3 show<br />
calculated proportions of the phases present as a function of temperature for an<br />
"idealised" 5000 series alloy, and demonstrate the power of the existing <strong>da</strong>tabase. To<br />
determine such information by experiment, whilst crucial in specific test cases, would<br />
be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming. Such information is not only of<br />
relevance to the development and improvement of the above products, but also to their<br />
recycling.<br />
Thus the <strong>da</strong>tabase, still under continuing development and improvement, and currently<br />
including 78 binary and some 25 ternary <strong>da</strong>tasets (in addition to the ternary<br />
assessments from Coordination Group B) is "up and running".<br />
Concluding Remarks<br />
During the Vaals Workshop quotations in relation to the use of the thermodynamic<br />
<strong>da</strong>tabase were kindly provided on behalf of Alean International Ltd and Rolls-Royce<br />
pic. The former is reproduced here, together with an up<strong>da</strong>te of the latter:<br />
Please refer to Figs 4 and 5.<br />
"The <strong>COST</strong> <strong>507</strong> <strong>da</strong>tabase for aluminium alloys has been widely used in model alloy<br />
work: knowledge of equilibrium conditions is a prerequisite for kinetic analyses of<br />
solidification, homogenisation and annealing. The final quinary <strong>da</strong>tabase will be an<br />
invaluable tool for the European aluminium industry, applicable to alloy design and<br />
optimisation, process modelling and efforts to improve recyclability through increasing<br />
iron and silicon tolerance."<br />
Dr Ρ V Evans<br />
Alean International Ltd, Banbury Laboratory<br />
Please refer to Fig 6.<br />
"Titanium aluminides based on the TiAl phase are a relatively new class of lightweight<br />
high temperature materials that will find application in the gas turbine in the near<br />
future. The 1st generation alloys were based on Ti - 48 at% Al with additions of 2 -<br />
4 at% transition metals. However the alloy chemistry was not optimised for gas turbine<br />
applications and the chemistry microstructure relationships were poorly understood.<br />
The titanium aluminide <strong>da</strong>ta from <strong>COST</strong> <strong>507</strong> has been used and extended by Rolls-<br />
Royce to assist in solving and understanding these problems. This has enabled a viable<br />
production process for small components to be identified and initial production for<br />
testing in advanced engine demonstrators is underway".<br />
Rolls-royce pic<br />
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