Physical Simulation of Mold-Filling Processing of Thin-Walled Castings under Traveling Magnetic Field

Mold-filling process of thin-walled castings under the condition of traveling magnetic field has been studied by physical simulation method using gallium melt and fast speed photography. Flow morphology and its formation mechanism were obtained and discussed for thin-walled casting. The influences of magnetic field density on the filling ability, filling velocity and mold filling time have been studied. The differences in filling capability between gravity casting and casting under the traveling magnetic field have been compared. The results indicate that the mold filling ability of the gallium melt increases greatly under the condition of traveling magnetic field; the filling time is shortened from 18 s under gravity field to 3 s under the traveling magnetic field and average flow rate of the melt increases from 1.6 to 8.68 cm3/s; the change law of the cross-section morphology of the gallium melt during the mold filling is that at first, the cross-section area does not change, then it decreases gradually. When the front of the melt reaches the end of the mold cavity, the front melt will backfill the mold; the wider the width of mold cavity, the better the mold filling ability. The mold filling ability of gallium melt in mold with upper magnetic conductor is better than that without upper magnetic conductor.

Syntheses,Structures and Coordination Behavior of Central Hydroxyl Group Containing Polydentate Ligands

Two central hydroxyl group containing Schiff base type ligands L1 and L2 as well as their metal complexes L12CuCl23H2O and L2Zn2Cl2C2H5OH were synthesized and characterized. The crystal and molecular structures of L2 and its zinc complex indicated well the means of coordination behavior. Both the two ligands showed good ion transport ability for alkali, alkaline earth and transition metal ions.

Formation Mechanism of Microstructure of Melt Spun Al-In Immiscible Alloys

Immiscible alloys are attractive for their valuable physical and mechanical properties. In this paper, Al-ln immiscible alloy is prepared by melt spinning process and its morphological evolution is studied at various indium contents. The results show that the morphologies of the matrix phase depend on the indium content. Different morphologies lead to different distribution of the second phase particles. Due to a particular solidification mechanism of immiscible alloys, even under the melt spinning rapid solidification condition, it is still impossible to produce homogeneous Al-ln hypomonotectic alloy ribbons. But for Al-ln hypermonotectic alloys, there is almost no segregation of the second phase throughout the cross section of the ribbons.

Effect of Processing Parameters on Microstructures of Melt-Spun Al-In Immiscible Alloys

Melt spinning rapid solidification technique was employed to fabricate homogeneous Al-ln immiscible alloys and their final microstructures and morphologies were investigated. There existed a transition of columnar Al grain-equiaxed grain for the thicker ribbon, but only columnar Al grain for the thinner ribbon throughout the thickness. In the columnar grain field, most of the fine In particles was distributed within the cells, but a minority of bigger In particles or short rods was perpendicularly distributed at the grain boundaries. In the equiaxed grain field, the fine In particles were located in Al grains and coarser particles were situated at the boundaries. The average particle size increased with increasing distance from the chilled surface throughout the ribbon. At the same wheel speed (same cooling rate), the average particle size increased with raising In content. At the same composition condition, the average particle size decreased with increasing wheel speed and/or decreasing ejection temperature.