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Zinc Alloy Fatigue
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Zinc Alloy Fatigue

Zinc Alloy Fatigue

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I'm trying to get reliable information on fatigue performance between different zinc alloys, particularly between Z3 vs Z8.

I've found a really good study on this subject, but they wrote off Z8 results as inaccurate because of the unusually large grain size found in their particular specimen they got.

I know metals with HCP structure don't usually have great fatigue performance, but zinc is really cool.

I'd like to use it but I need to determine what its weaknesses are. Do you all know of a reliable study that has S-N curves on all the zinc-alloys?

see report here: http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=74155

RE: Zinc Alloy Fatigue

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If you want a reliable component , don't make it out of zinc.

RE: Zinc Alloy Fatigue

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zinc falls between aluminum and steel in my opinion. it's always good to have an option in the middle. it sounds like 50 mpa is the magic number I need to remain within to keep indefinite fatigue resistance.

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