CN103710563A - Silver alloy material with fluorescent effect - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a silver alloy material with a fluorescent effect. The silver alloy material consists of the following alloy components in parts by weight: 90-92.5 parts of silver, 1.5-3.0 parts of copper, 1.5-3 parts of aluminum, 0.5-2 parts of magnesium, 0.15-0.5 part of barium, 0.3-0.5 part of yttrium, 0.12-0.35 part of europium, 0.14-0.42 part of terbium and 0.15-0.5 part of cerium. The added rare earth elements and other alloy components are synergistic on the silver basis, so that the silver alloy emits slight fluorescence, and the requirements of consumer groups on different silver alloy pendants in the market are met.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to chemical material field, relate in particular to a kind of silver alloy with fluorescent effect.
Background technology
Gold, silver and jewelry is all popular with ornaments, and along with common people's consuming capacity improves constantly, the market outlook of gold, silver and jewelry jewellery are boundless.According to world authoritative expert, predict, along with domestic and international gold, silver and jewelry ornaments industry deepening continuously in aspect exchange and cooperation such as theory, technology, technique, the talents, China's gold, silver and jewelry ornaments market potential and industry development space are very huge, and the average annual amplification of gold, silver and jewelry ornaments industry will remain on more than 6%.Pure argent hardness is low, there is ductility, be not easy to manufacture moulding, and be easy to oxidation stain, be not suitable in the middle of the processing that is used in ornaments, artwork and tableware thereof, so can be chosen in the silver of certainweight ratio of component, add some other composition materials in the middle of manufacturing.But the alloying constituent of adding is only just in order to improve the hardness of alloy material or to improve the performance of its anti-oxidant sulfuration, so a kind of material not also on market, can allow silver alloys have fluorescent effect after having added.
Summary of the invention
In order to solve the problem of background technology existence, meet all kinds of human consumers' consumer need, the invention provides a kind of silver alloy with fluorescent effect, described silver alloy is comprised of the alloying constituent of following components by weight percent:
Silver: 90～92.5 parts, copper: 1.5～3.0 parts, aluminium: 1.5～3 parts, magnesium: 0.5～2 part, barium 0.15～0.5, yttrium: 0.3～0.5 part, europium: 0.12～0.35 part, terbium 0.14～0.42, cerium 0.15～0.5.
Preferably, described silver alloy is comprised of the alloying constituent of following components by weight percent:
Silver: 91～92.5 parts, copper: 1.5～2.5 parts, aluminium: 1.5～2.5 parts, magnesium: 0.5～1.5 part, barium 0.15～0.3, yttrium: 0.3～0.4 part, europium: 0.12～0.30 part, terbium 0.14～0.40, cerium 0.15～0.4.
Preferably, described silver alloy is comprised of the alloying constituent of following components by weight percent:
Silver: 92.5 parts, copper: 1.9 parts, aluminium: 2.5 parts, magnesium: 0.5 part, barium 0.15, yttrium: 0.45 part, europium: 0.30 part, 0.4 part of terbium, cerium 0.3.
The effect of the various elements that add in silver is respectively: added copper, strengthened the hardness of alloy; Aluminium, can improve the tensile strength of alloy on the one hand effectively with elongation rate, can put forward heavy alloyed high-temperature behavior on the other hand; Magnesium, has added magnesium and can make silver alloys recrystallization temperature be linear raising, and hardness improves; Yttrium, europium, terbium and cerium are the collaborative element that can produce primary colours in rare earth element; Barium is metal the most active in basic metal, has very strong reductibility, has added barium and has activated together yttrium, europium, terbium and cerium in conjunction with magnesium, allows material send light fluorescence.
A kind of silver alloy with fluorescent effect provided by the invention, there is following beneficial effect: adopt components by weight percent between 90～92.5, particularly preferably be components by weight percent at 92.5 silver, thereby in silver-colored accounting example, occupy greatly value advantage on the one hand, on the silver-colored basis of this ratio, add other compositions on the other hand, the hardness of alloy is obviously improved, increase the freely degree of design when metallic substance is made ornaments, solved the difficult problem that the central pure metal ductility of existing social production of silver alloys technique is difficult to greatly design style; The rare earth element finally adding makes the light fluorescence of sending of silver alloys with other alloying constituents are collaborative, has met the demand of market comsupton crowd to different silver alloys ornaments.
Embodiment
Below the present invention is described in further detail, to make those skilled in the art can implement according to this with reference to specification sheets word.
Embodiment 1
Take 9.25 grams of silver, copper: 1.9 grams, aluminium: 2.5 grams, magnesium: 0.5 gram, 0.15 gram of barium, yttrium: 0.45 gram, europium: 0.30 gram, 0.4 gram of terbium, 0.3 gram of cerium, the alloying constituent taking being put into melting in the smelting furnace of 1000 degrees Celsius manufactures 30 minutes, the button-type ingot casting of non-consumable electrode arc melting is put under the situation that adopts argon shield to 800 degrees Celsius of insulations of resistance furnace 3 hours, at Sisma type cold-rolling mill, be rolled into the thin slice that 2mm is thick, then put 700 degrees Celsius of treasured in high temperature box type resistance furnace into and be incubated 1 hour, water-cooled is to room temperature, carry out cold deformation processing, the thin slice of gained 2mm is continued to Sisma type cold-rolling mill and be rolled into the thin slice that 1.4mm is thick, then put 750 degrees Celsius of treasured in high temperature box type resistance furnace into and be incubated 30 minutes, water-cooled to room temperature is carried out solution treatment again.
Hardness test: the silver alloy of handling well is carried out on the semi-automatic microhardness tester of HXS-1000AK type, select room temperature, 0.2 gram of loaded load, 20 seconds loading times, survey ten points, to average, the hardness value that draws silver alloy is 116.4HV; Luminous obvious in the room without light.。
Embodiment 2
Take 9.25 grams of silver, copper: 1.5 grams, aluminium: 2.5 grams, magnesium: 0.5 gram, 0.20 gram of barium, yttrium: 0.55 gram, europium: 0.35 gram, 0.45 gram of terbium, 0.35 gram of cerium, the alloying constituent taking being put into melting in the smelting furnace of 1000 degrees Celsius manufactures 30 minutes, the button-type ingot casting of non-consumable electrode arc melting is put under the situation that adopts argon shield to 800 degrees Celsius of insulations of resistance furnace 3 hours, at Sisma type cold-rolling mill, be rolled into the thin slice that 2mm is thick, then put 700 degrees Celsius of treasured in high temperature box type resistance furnace into and be incubated 1 hour, water-cooled is to room temperature, carry out cold deformation processing, the thin slice of gained 2mm is continued to Sisma type cold-rolling mill and be rolled into the thin slice that 1.4mm is thick, then put 750 degrees Celsius of treasured in high temperature box type resistance furnace into and be incubated 30 minutes, water-cooled to room temperature is carried out solution treatment again.
Hardness test: the silver alloy of handling well is carried out on the semi-automatic microhardness tester of HXS-1000AK type, select room temperature, 0.2 gram of loaded load, 20 seconds loading times, survey ten points, to average, the hardness value that draws silver alloy is 110.8HV; Luminous comparatively obvious in the room without light.
Embodiment 3
Take 9.0 grams of silver, copper: 3 grams, aluminium: 4 grams, magnesium: 1.8 grams, 0.2 gram of barium, yttrium: 0.5 gram, europium: 0.35 gram, 0.65 gram of terbium, 0.5 gram of cerium, the alloying constituent taking being put into melting in the smelting furnace of 1000 degrees Celsius manufactures 30 minutes, the button-type ingot casting of non-consumable electrode arc melting is put under the situation that adopts argon shield to 800 degrees Celsius of insulations of resistance furnace 3 hours, at Sisma type cold-rolling mill, be rolled into the thin slice that 2mm is thick, then put 700 degrees Celsius of treasured in high temperature box type resistance furnace into and be incubated 1 hour, water-cooled is to room temperature, carry out cold deformation processing, the thin slice of gained 2mm is continued to Sisma type cold-rolling mill and be rolled into the thin slice that 1.4mm is thick, then put 750 degrees Celsius of treasured in high temperature box type resistance furnace into and be incubated 30 minutes, water-cooled to room temperature is carried out solution treatment again.
Hardness test: the silver alloy of handling well is carried out on the semi-automatic microhardness tester of HXS-1000AK type, select room temperature, 0.2 gram of loaded load, 20 seconds loading times, survey ten points, to average, the hardness value that draws silver alloy is 100.5HV; Substantially not luminous in the room without light
Although embodiment of the present invention are open as above, but it is not restricted to listed utilization in specification sheets and embodiment, it can be applied to various applicable the field of the invention completely, for those skilled in the art, can easily realize other modification, therefore do not deviating under the universal that claim and equivalency range limit, the present invention is not limited to specific details and illustrates here and the embodiment describing.
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1. a silver alloy with fluorescent effect, is characterized in that, described silver alloy is comprised of the alloying constituent of following components by weight percent:
Silver: 90～92.5 parts, copper: 1.5～3.0 parts, aluminium: 1.5～3 parts, magnesium: 0.5～2 part, barium 0.15～0.5, yttrium: 0.3～0.5 part, europium: 0.12～0.35 part, terbium 0.14～0.42, cerium 0.15～0.5.
2. the silver alloy with fluorescent effect according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described silver alloy is comprised of the alloying constituent of following components by weight percent:
Silver: 91～92.5 parts, copper: 1.5～2.5 parts, aluminium: 1.5～2.5 parts, magnesium: 0.5～1.5 part, barium 0.15～0.3, yttrium: 0.3～0.4 part, europium: 0.12～0.30 part, terbium 0.14～0.40, cerium 0.15～0.4.
3. the silver alloy with fluorescent effect according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described silver alloy is comprised of the alloying constituent of following components by weight percent:
Silver: 92.5 parts, copper: 1.9 parts, aluminium: 2.5 parts, magnesium: 0.5 part, barium 0.15, yttrium: 0.45 part, europium: 0.30 part, 0.4 part of terbium, cerium 0.3.
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