Copper – Magnesium – Zinc

Hans Leo Lukas, Peter Rogl, Gautam Ghosh, Günter Effenberg

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In the earliest study [1906Gui] established the structure-property relationship of Cu-40 mass% Zn-x mass% Mg (up to 0.35 mass%) alloys. The first comprehensive study of the ternary phase equilibria was carried out by [1948Koe]. They used electrolytic Cu (unspecified purity), 99.99% purity Zn and pure magnesium (unspecified purity) to prepare the ternary alloys. [1948Koe] determined the liquidus surface and two pseudo-binary sections by metallography and thermal analysis. [1950Mik] also reported the liquidus surface. In addition [1950Mik] extensively studied solid phase equilibria and presented their results in several vertical sections. The pseudobinary section Cu₂Mg-MgZn₂ reported by [1948Koe] was later confirmed by [1952Lie]. The latter authors prepared 17 ternary alloys along the Cu₂M...