Some Physicochemical and Thermal Studies on Organic Analog of a Nonmetal-Nonmetal Monotectic Alloy;2-Cyanoacetamide–4-chloronitrobenzene System

The phase equilibrium data on organic analog of the nonmetal-nonmetal system, involving 2-cyanoacetamide (CA)―4-chloronitrobenzene (CNB), show the formation of a monotectic (0.10 mole fraction of CNB) and a eutectic (0.98 mole fraction of CNB) with a large miscibility gap starting from 0.10 mole fraction of CNB of monotectic (M) and ending at 0.92 mole fraction of CNB of monotectic horizontal (Mh);the upper consolute temperature Tc being 63?C above the monotectic horizontal at 118?C and eutectic temperature is at 85?C. The values of enthalpy of fusion of the pure components, the eutectic and the monotectic were determined by the differential scanning calorimetry (Mettler DSC-4000 system). Using these data, the size of the critical radius, interfacial energy, excess thermodynamic functions, entropy of fusion, and enthalpy of mixing were calcu-lated. The solid-liquid interfacial energy data confirm the applicability of the Cahn wetting condition. While growth data obey the Hillig-Turnbull equation, the microstructural investigations give typical characteristic features of the eutectic and the monotectic of the system.

Microstructure Evolution of Cu-Pb Monotectic Alloys Processed in Drop Tube

Rapid solidification of Cu-Pb monotectic alloys has been accomplished during free fall in a 3 m drop tube. Both macrosegregated and uniformly dispersed structures are observed in Cu-40 wt pct Pb alloy droplets, whereas droplets of composition Cu-64 wt pct Pb exhibit only macrosegregation morphologies. The microstructures are strongly dependent on droplet size. The higher undercooling tends to facilitate liquid phase separation and results in more extensive macrosegregation in smaller droplets. There exists a pronounced tendency for the Pb-rich liquid to occupy the surface of the droplets of both compositions, resulting from the quite lower surface tension of the Pb-rich phase and causing a Pb-rich layer at the surface of the solidified droplet. The nucleation of monotectic cells in the Cu-40 wt pct Pb droplets with dispersed structures preferentially occurs at the droplet surface. A single nucleation event takes place more frequently as droplet size is reduced.

Calculation Models of Mass Action Concentrations for Metallic Melts Involving Monotectic

Based on the phase diagrams, measured activities as well asDeltaG(m) and DeltaG(xs), calculating models of mass action concentrations for metallic melts involving monotectic have been formulated. The calculated results agree with practice on the whole, showing that the models deduced generally can reflect the structural characteristics of these melts. The metastable compounds formed in the melts are of the types A(2)B(3), AB(2), A(2)B(3) or AB and A(2)B(3)+AB etc..

MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURE OF Al-In MONOTECTIC ALLOY PROCESSED UNDER MICROGRAVITY

The microstructural feature of Al-In monotectic alloy processed under microgravity has been investigated It was found that in the sample cooled in space,there are a lot of In particles in A! dendrite,but no particle has been observed in the sample cooled on the ground.Moreover, the In particles distribute with regularity and the A1 dendrite has an obvious boundary layer marked by a string of particles.Thus,the distinction between them may reflect the character- istics of the solid/liquid interface during solidification under different gravity conditions.

Rapid monotectic solidification under free fall condition

Fe-48.8% Sn monotectic, Fe-40% Sn hypomonotectic and Fe-58% Sn hypermonotectic alloys have been rapidly solidified during free fall processing in drop tube. For droplets of 100–1000 μm, the maximum undercooling for Fe-48.8% Sn, Fe-40% Sn and Fe-58% Sn alloys is 270, 282 and 288 K respectively. For Fe-48.8% Sn monotectic alloy, a homogeneously dispersed microstructure can be obtained when the droplet diameter is small, and the Marangoni migration velocity Vm is 37 times as fast as Stokes velocity Vs when the dispersion sphere radius is 6 μm and undercooling is 30 K. For Fe-40% Sn hypomonotectic alloy, the microstructure undergoes a transition from columnar α-Fe dendrites distributed in Sn-rich matrix to α-Fe particles. The growth velocity of α-Fe dendrite changes from 0.45 to 4.65 m/s when the droplet diameter varies from 1000 to 100 μm. For Fe-58.8% Sn hypermonotectic alloy, the grain size of primary α-Fe dendrites decreases remarkably when undercooling increases. Keywords monotectic solidification - phase separation - undercooling - containerless processing

Rapid solidification and dendrite growth of ternary Fe-Sn-Ge and Cu-Pb-Ge monotectic alloys

The phase separation and dendrite growth characteristics of ternary Fe-43.9%Sn- 10%Ge and Cu-35.5%Pb-5%Ge monotectic alloys were studied systematically by the glass fluxing method under substantial undercooling conditions. The maximum undercoolings obtained in this work are 245 and 257 K, respectively, for these two alloys. All of the solidified samples exhibit serious macrosegregation, indicating that the homogenous alloy melt is separated into two liquid phases prior to rapid solidification. The solidification structures consist of four phases including α-Fe, (Sn), FeSn and FeSn2 in Fe-43.9%Sn-10%Ge ternary alloy, whereas only (Cu) and (Pb) solid solution phases in Cu-35.5%Pb-5%Ge alloy under different undercool- ings. In the process of rapid monotectic solidification, α-Fe and (Cu) phases grow in a dendritic mode, and the transition "dendrite→monotectic cell" happens when alloy undercoolings become sufficiently large. The dendrite growth velocities of α-Fe and (Cu) phases are found to increase with undercooling according to an exponential relation.

Microstructure Evolution of a Ternary Monotectic Alloy During Directional Solidification

A model was developed to describe the microstracture evolution in a directionally solidified ternary monotectic alloy.The directional solidification experiments were carried out on Al-3Pb-lSn（wt%） alloys by using a Bridgman apparatus.The microstracture evolution in the directionally solidified sample was calculated.The numerical results agree well with the experimental ones.It is demonstrated that the nucleation of the minority phase droplets occur at two different positions.One corresponds to the liquid-liquid decomposition,which occurs in front of the solidification interface.The other is at the liquid/solid interface.The nucleation rate of the minority phase droplets at the liquid/solid interface is significantly higher than at the position in front of the solidification interface.The characteristic of the nucleation process leads to a bimodal size distribution of the minority particles in the directionally solidified sample.

Specific heat and related thermophysical properties of liquid Fe-Cu-Mo alloy

The specific heat and related thermophysical properties of liquid Fe77.5Cu13Mo9.5 monotectic alloy were investigated by an electromagnetic levitation drop calo-rimeter over a wide temperature range from 1482 to 1818 K.A maximum under-cooling of 221 K(0.13 Tm)was achieved and the specific heat was determined as 44.71 J·mol1·K1.The excess specific heat,enthalpy change,entropy change and Gibbs free energy difference of this alloy were calculated on the basis of experimental results.It was found that the calculated results by traditional esti-mating methods can only describe the solidification process under low under-cooling conditions.Only the experimental results can reflect the reality under high undercooling conditions.Meanwhile,the thermal diffusivity,thermal conductivity,and sound speed were derived from the present experimental results.Furthermore,the solidified microstructural morphology was examined,which consists of(Fe)and(Cu)phases.The calculated interface energy was applied to exploring the correlation between competitive nucleation and solidification microstructure within monotectic alloy.