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Experimental investigation and characterization of selected as-cast alloys in vertical Cu0.5Ag0.5–Al section in ternary Cu–Al–Ag system

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Phase transition temperatures of selected as-cast alloys from ternary Cu–Al–Ag system with overall compositions situated alongside vertical section with equal molar ratios of Ag and Cu were experimentally investigated using differential thermal analysis. Microstructures of the as-cast samples were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive spectrometry. Experimentally obtained results were compared with the results obtained by thermodynamic calculation of phase equilibria according to CALPHAD approach.

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Acknowledgements

This study was financially supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, under the Projects OI172037, TR34005 and TR34004, which is highly acknowledged. Also, the study was conducted in the frame of ‘‘Development of new shape memory alloys” Project SVIJET—Development Program by University of Zagreb (Croatia).

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    Zdenka Stanojević Šimšić & Ana Kostov

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    Dragan Manasijević, Dragana Živković & Živan Živković

  3. Faculty of Metallurgy, University of Zagreb, Sisak, Croatia

    Tamara Holjevac Grgurić

  4. Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Priština, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia

    Duško Minić

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Šimšić, Z.S., Manasijević, D., Živković, D. et al. Experimental investigation and characterization of selected as-cast alloys in vertical Cu0.5Ag0.5–Al section in ternary Cu–Al–Ag system. J Therm Anal Calorim 120, 149–155 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-4576-2

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