The research achievements on as-cast microstructure in Mg-Al-Zn alloy were summarized. Under permanent mould cast condition, there are four kinds of primary compounds with distinct crystallographic morphology, Mg17Al...The research achievements on as-cast microstructure in Mg-Al-Zn alloy were summarized. Under permanent mould cast condition, there are four kinds of primary compounds with distinct crystallographic morphology, Mg17Al12(γ),Mg32(Al,Zn)49 (τ), MgZn (ε) and a ternary icosahedral quasi-crystalline compound (Q). Accordingly, Mg-Al-Zn alloy can be grouped intoγ-,τ-,ε- and Q-rype alloy by each characteristic compound. The volume fraction ofγ-Mg17Al12 in commercialγ-type alloy increases with increasing Al content. MgZn and MgxAlyZnz ternary complex compounds emerge with the change of the element content Al and Zn and Zn/Al concentration ratio. A practical phase diagram showing microstructure constituent change with composition was proposed. The addition of micro-alloying elements Y and Sr results in not only obvious refinement of eutectic cluster but also eutectic morphological change from block to granule.展开更多
Al-1.0%Si alloy rods containing unidirectional microstructures were fabricated by continuous unidirectional solidification (CUS) process. The crystal growth orientation evolution of Al-1.0%Si alloy in CUS process was ...Al-1.0%Si alloy rods containing unidirectional microstructures were fabricated by continuous unidirectional solidification (CUS) process. The crystal growth orientation evolution of Al-1.0%Si alloy in CUS process was studied. The microstructure was observed and the orientation results examined by electron back scattering diffraction(EBSD) indicate that at the beginning of CUS process the crystals grow along a certain preferred orientation, <100> direction, but there are also other growth directions deflecting from this preferred orientation. It is found that as directional solidification continues, the crystals with high growth speed remain and those with low growth speed vanish. The crystal preferred orientation tends to be <100> direction in competition growth process. Namely, the <100> fiber texture of Al-1.0%Si alloy rod becomes stronger in the stable directional solidification establishing process. When the solidification parameters remain stable, the crystal growth orientation also obtains in steady state. Once the technological parameters fluctuate, the stray crystals deviating from the preferred orientation appear. After the process of competition growth the crystals regain strong preferred orientation. The orientation distribution function(ODF) results also testify the above conclusions.展开更多
Lost foam casting (LFC) is regarded as a cost-effective, environment-friendly vital option to the conventional casting process for production of near-net shape castings with high quality. Effect of vacuum on the solid...Lost foam casting (LFC) is regarded as a cost-effective, environment-friendly vital option to the conventional casting process for production of near-net shape castings with high quality. Effect of vacuum on the solidification process and microstructure of LFC magnesium alloy were explored. The results indicate that vacuum plays a very important role in the heat transfer during mould filling and solidification periods, it increases the cooling rate of the filling melt, but greatly decreases the cooling rate of the casting during solidification period, and the solidification time of the casting is greater than that without vacuum. The microstructure of LFC magnesium alloy is rather coarse. Compared with that without vacuum, the microstructure of the LFC magnesium alloy under vacuum is more refined and has less precipitatedβ-phase, which is formed at the grain boundry and around the Al-Mn compound particle.展开更多
The solidification and remelting of molten aluminum through a porous preform under centrifugal force field were modeled numerically. The results show that the transient solidification and remelting phenomena appear on...The solidification and remelting of molten aluminum through a porous preform under centrifugal force field were modeled numerically. The results show that the transient solidification and remelting phenomena appear on the infiltration front and can be divided into two distinct regions: the remelting region and solid-liquid congruent melting region. The decrease of porosity always results in the increase of moving velocity difference between the infiltration front and the remelting front, which leads to the increase of the solid-liquid congruent region extent. But for the decrease of the rotational frequency, the difference of moving velocity between infiltration front and remelting front decreases, which leads to the decrease of regional extent. The infiltration front moving velocity is mainly influenced by the centrifugal infiltration pressure, whereas the remelting front moving velocity is mainly influenced by the material thermodynamics. The transient solidification and remelting phenomena are the intercoupling results between the centrifugal infiltration dynamics and the material thermodynamics.展开更多
A self-made directional solidification setup was used to prepare high purity aluminum ingots of 100mm in diameter. The morphology of the growth interface was detected by SEM and AFM, and the grain lattice orientation ...A self-made directional solidification setup was used to prepare high purity aluminum ingots of 100mm in diameter. The morphology of the growth interface was detected by SEM and AFM, and the grain lattice orientation was detected by XRD. The results indicate that the grains suffer competitive growth under any conditions in experiments. The lattice orientation of the preferred grains is determined by the flow field above the solid-liquid interface. The horizontal lattice position does not change during the growth process. However, the lattice orientation in the growth direction varies with the growth velocity and approaches to [100] gradually during the growth process.展开更多
The solidification microstructures and the mechanism of grain refinement of electrolytic low titanium Al alloys were investigated by means of the wedge-shaped sample, the directional solidification and the rapid solid...The solidification microstructures and the mechanism of grain refinement of electrolytic low titanium Al alloys were investigated by means of the wedge-shaped sample, the directional solidification and the rapid solidification ribbon. The results show that the coarse columnar grains formed in pure Al are transformed into the equiaxed grains in electrolytic low titanium Al alloys. The grain refinement is resulted from the constitutional supercooling caused by Ti and heterogeneous nucleation of Al3Ti particles. Under the condition of normal cooling rate, the grains are refined by the increment of constitutional supercooling when the content of titanium is less than 0.2%. With the increment of content of titanium, the grains are mainly refined by heterogeneous nucleation of Al3Ti particles. The grain size is decreased with the increment of cooling rate. When the cooling rate is larger than 105℃/s, the grain size is decreased to 0.1-10μm, the grain refinement is resulted from the larger cooling velocities mainly. After directional solidification, the equiaxed grains can be formed and the Ti element is distributed at the center of the grains.展开更多
基金Project(2001AA331050) supported by the National High-Tech Research and Development Programme of ChinaProject(50301018) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject supported by the Scientific Research Foundation for ROCS,Education Ministry of China
文摘The research achievements on as-cast microstructure in Mg-Al-Zn alloy were summarized. Under permanent mould cast condition, there are four kinds of primary compounds with distinct crystallographic morphology, Mg17Al12(γ),Mg32(Al,Zn)49 (τ), MgZn (ε) and a ternary icosahedral quasi-crystalline compound (Q). Accordingly, Mg-Al-Zn alloy can be grouped intoγ-,τ-,ε- and Q-rype alloy by each characteristic compound. The volume fraction ofγ-Mg17Al12 in commercialγ-type alloy increases with increasing Al content. MgZn and MgxAlyZnz ternary complex compounds emerge with the change of the element content Al and Zn and Zn/Al concentration ratio. A practical phase diagram showing microstructure constituent change with composition was proposed. The addition of micro-alloying elements Y and Sr results in not only obvious refinement of eutectic cluster but also eutectic morphological change from block to granule.
基金Project(2002AA336070) supported by the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China
文摘Al-1.0%Si alloy rods containing unidirectional microstructures were fabricated by continuous unidirectional solidification (CUS) process. The crystal growth orientation evolution of Al-1.0%Si alloy in CUS process was studied. The microstructure was observed and the orientation results examined by electron back scattering diffraction(EBSD) indicate that at the beginning of CUS process the crystals grow along a certain preferred orientation, <100> direction, but there are also other growth directions deflecting from this preferred orientation. It is found that as directional solidification continues, the crystals with high growth speed remain and those with low growth speed vanish. The crystal preferred orientation tends to be <100> direction in competition growth process. Namely, the <100> fiber texture of Al-1.0%Si alloy rod becomes stronger in the stable directional solidification establishing process. When the solidification parameters remain stable, the crystal growth orientation also obtains in steady state. Once the technological parameters fluctuate, the stray crystals deviating from the preferred orientation appear. After the process of competition growth the crystals regain strong preferred orientation. The orientation distribution function(ODF) results also testify the above conclusions.
基金Project (2005037697) supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundationproject (Y04850-61) supported by Creative Program of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
文摘Lost foam casting (LFC) is regarded as a cost-effective, environment-friendly vital option to the conventional casting process for production of near-net shape castings with high quality. Effect of vacuum on the solidification process and microstructure of LFC magnesium alloy were explored. The results indicate that vacuum plays a very important role in the heat transfer during mould filling and solidification periods, it increases the cooling rate of the filling melt, but greatly decreases the cooling rate of the casting during solidification period, and the solidification time of the casting is greater than that without vacuum. The microstructure of LFC magnesium alloy is rather coarse. Compared with that without vacuum, the microstructure of the LFC magnesium alloy under vacuum is more refined and has less precipitatedβ-phase, which is formed at the grain boundry and around the Al-Mn compound particle.
基金Project(50646024) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(20050248021) supported by the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China
文摘The solidification and remelting of molten aluminum through a porous preform under centrifugal force field were modeled numerically. The results show that the transient solidification and remelting phenomena appear on the infiltration front and can be divided into two distinct regions: the remelting region and solid-liquid congruent melting region. The decrease of porosity always results in the increase of moving velocity difference between the infiltration front and the remelting front, which leads to the increase of the solid-liquid congruent region extent. But for the decrease of the rotational frequency, the difference of moving velocity between infiltration front and remelting front decreases, which leads to the decrease of regional extent. The infiltration front moving velocity is mainly influenced by the centrifugal infiltration pressure, whereas the remelting front moving velocity is mainly influenced by the material thermodynamics. The transient solidification and remelting phenomena are the intercoupling results between the centrifugal infiltration dynamics and the material thermodynamics.
基金Project(2002AA336072) supported by the High-tech Research and Development Program of ChinaProject(03XD14009) supported by the Program of Shanghai Subject Chief Scientist
文摘A self-made directional solidification setup was used to prepare high purity aluminum ingots of 100mm in diameter. The morphology of the growth interface was detected by SEM and AFM, and the grain lattice orientation was detected by XRD. The results indicate that the grains suffer competitive growth under any conditions in experiments. The lattice orientation of the preferred grains is determined by the flow field above the solid-liquid interface. The horizontal lattice position does not change during the growth process. However, the lattice orientation in the growth direction varies with the growth velocity and approaches to [100] gradually during the growth process.
基金Project(0621000600) supported by the Innovation Fund for Outstanding Scholar of Henan Province, China
文摘The solidification microstructures and the mechanism of grain refinement of electrolytic low titanium Al alloys were investigated by means of the wedge-shaped sample, the directional solidification and the rapid solidification ribbon. The results show that the coarse columnar grains formed in pure Al are transformed into the equiaxed grains in electrolytic low titanium Al alloys. The grain refinement is resulted from the constitutional supercooling caused by Ti and heterogeneous nucleation of Al3Ti particles. Under the condition of normal cooling rate, the grains are refined by the increment of constitutional supercooling when the content of titanium is less than 0.2%. With the increment of content of titanium, the grains are mainly refined by heterogeneous nucleation of Al3Ti particles. The grain size is decreased with the increment of cooling rate. When the cooling rate is larger than 105℃/s, the grain size is decreased to 0.1-10μm, the grain refinement is resulted from the larger cooling velocities mainly. After directional solidification, the equiaxed grains can be formed and the Ti element is distributed at the center of the grains.