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The Au-Sn eutectic alloy, composed of the ζ and δ phases, has been used for many years in the sealing of hermetic parts. Recently, it was shown that the ζ phase undergoes an ordering transformation to ζ′. Since this transformation may affect hermeticity, measurements of density, linear thermal expansion coefficient, elastic moduli, and Poisson’s ratio were made on ζ-phase, eutectic, and δ-phase specimens. Measurements were made over a temperature range that includes the ζ → ζ′ transformation. Abrupt changes in these thermophysical properties, near the phase transformation temperature, are noted for ζ and eutectic specimens but not for the δ specimen.
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Yost, F.G., Karnowsky, M.M., Drotning, W.D. et al. Thermal expansion and elastic properties of high gold-Tin Alloys. Metall Trans A 21, 1885–1889 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02647236
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