The Influence of Nickel and Tin Additives on the Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloys

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</svg>)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="4">Base alloy </td><td align="center">Al5Mg11Zn4</td><td align="center">2.35605</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Al2CuMg</td><td align="center">2.31249</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Mg2Zn11</td><td align="center">2.07419</td></tr><tr><td align="center">MgZn2</td><td align="center">2.16920</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="4">Alloy A</td><td align="center">Al7Cu4Ni</td><td align="center">2.04391</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Al4Ni3</td><td align="center">2.01674</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Al75Ni10Fe15</td><td align="center">2.05108</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Al3Ni2</td><td align="center">2.00637</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="2">Alloy B</td><td align="center">Al3Cu12Sn</td><td align="center">2.1010</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Al4Ni15Sn</td><td align="center">2.0789</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

The XRD results of the compounds phase which appeared in the two tested alloys.

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Table 3: The Influence of Nickel and Tin Additives on the Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloys 