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Orientation Dependence of Cracking in Hot-Dip Zn-Al-Mg Alloy Coatings on a Sheet Steel

  • Y. B. Park*
  • , I. G. Kim
  • , S. G. Kim
  • , W. T. Kim
  • , T. C. Kim
  • , M. S. Oh
  • , J. S. Kim
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Sunchon National University
  • Kunsan National University
  • Cheongju University
  • POSCO

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Abstract

The present study was aimed at investigating a basic cause of cracking in hot-dip Zn-Al-Mg alloy coatings on an extra deep drawing quality sheet steel. The electron backscattering diffraction technique was employed to examine the crystallographic planes of the cracks generated before and after bending deformation of the coated steel sheets. It was clarified that the occurrence of cracking in the Zn-Al-Mg alloy coatings absolutely depends on the orientation of the primary Zn and eutectic Zn alloy phases. Finally, a cracking mechanism was proposed on the basis of the anisotropy of thermal expansion and the Young’s modulus in the phases constituting the coatings.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1013-1020
Number of pages8
JournalMetallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
Volume48
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017.03.1

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