Description of structure of Fe-Zn intermetalic compounds present in hot-dip galvanized coatings on steel

Abstract

The article is describing formation, composition, morphology and crystallographic characteristics of intermetalic compounds Fe - Zn present in the coating formed during the process of low-temperature hot-dip galvanizing of carbon steels. In mutual confrontation we introduce older bibliography and results of latest modern researches based on combination of most precise analytical methods.

Keywords

• hot – dip galvanized steel
• intermetalics Fe – Zn
• binary phase diagrams
• group of symmetry