Preparation of Laser Cladding Coating Undercooling Cu-based Alloy and Co on Non-equilibrium Solidification Structure

The effect of the gradient content of Co element on the solidification process of Cu-based alloy under deep under cooling conditions was explored.The non-equilibrium solidification structure of the under cooled alloy samples were analyzed.It is found that the rapidly solidified alloy has undergone twice grain refinement during the undercooling process.Characterization and significance of the maximum undercooling refinement structure of Cu60Ni35Co5 at T=253 K were analyzed.High-density defects were observed,such as dislocations,stacking faults networks,and twinning structures.The standard FCC diffraction pattern represents that it is still a single-phase structure.Based on the metallographic diagram,EBSD and TEM data analysis,it is illustrated that the occurrence of grain refinement under high undercooling is due to stress induced recrystallization.In addition,the laser cladding technology is used to coat Co-based alloy(Stellite12) coating on 304 stainless steel substrate;the microstructure of the coating cross-section was analyzed.It was found that the microstructure of the cross-section is presented as columnar crystals,planar crystals,and disordered growth direction,so that the coating has better hardness and wear resistance.By electrochemical corrosion of the substrate and coating,it can be seen that the Co and Cr elements present in the coating are more likely to form a dense passivation film,which improved the corrosion resistance of the coating.

Structure Evolution and Solidification Behavior of Austenitic Stainless Steel in Pulsed Magnetic Field

To understand the solidification behavior of austenitic stainless steel in pulsed magnetic field, the solidification process is investigated by means of the self-made high voltage pulse power source and the solidification tester. The results show that the solidification structure of austenitic stainless steel can be remarkably refined in pulsed magnetic field, yet the grains become coarse again when the magnetic intensity is exceedingly large, indicating that an optimal intensity range existed for structure refinement. The solidification temperature can be enhanced with an increase in the magnetic intensity. The solidification time is shortened obviously, but the shortening degree is reduced with the increase of the magnetic intensity.

Solidification Structure of Low Carbon Steel Strips with Different Phosphorus Contents Produced by Strip Casting

In the present paper, low carbon steel strips with different phosphorus contents were produced using a twin roll strip casting process. The solidification structure was studied and its features were analyzed in detail. It was found that the strips possessed a fine microstructure compared with the mould cast steels. With increasing phosphorus content more ferrite has been formed with finer grains.

Effect of electric pulse treatment on solidification structure of an Al-15%Si alloy

The effect of electric pulse modifying on the solidification structure of an Al-15%Si alloy was investigated. The result shows that the primary silicon disappears sometimes and the eutectic phase is refined after the treatrnent of EP （electric pulse） though there are different modalities in different treating durations. DSC （differential scanning calorimetry） analysis indicates that the super-cooling texture decreases and the freezing range narrows evidently after the electric pulse treatment.

Effect of Rectangle Wave Pulse Current on Solidification Structure of ZA27 Alloy

The effect of rectangle wave pulse current on solidification structure of ZA27 alloy was studied. The restdts show that the wave pattern relies on the frequency range of harmonic wave and the energy of pulse current within the frequency range of pulse current. Imposed pulse current could induce the solidification system to oscillate. The frequency range and the relevant energy distribution of pulse current exert an influence on the amount of atoms involved for forming critical nucleus, the surface states of dusters in melt, the oscillating state of melt on the surface of dusters, the active energy of atom diffusion , the frequnce response of the resonance of bulk melt and the absorbability of the solidification system to the external work. Rectangle wave pulse current involves rich harmonic waves ; the amplitudes of high order of harmonic waves are higher and reduce slowly, so it has a better effect on inoculation and modification.

Electro-Pulse on Improving Steel Ingot Solidification Structure

Pulse Electric Discharging (PED) is a novel technique that can modify solidifying structure and reduce grain size. ItS effectsapplied to the high carbon liquid steel were presented here. The macrostructure and microstructure of the high carbon alloy steel werealso observed. Results show that (1 ) the length of columnar crystal at the edge of ingot without PED treatment is much longer than thatwith PED, and (2) the perlite lamellae of steel billets after deposed by PED are twisted and shortened. An explanation of those experimental results is given.

Effect of cooling rate on solidification structure and linear contraction of a duplex stainless steel

Cooling rate is a key factor that can drastically affect the phase transformation and thermal stress of duplex stainless steels. Therefore, in this research, different sand moulds were used to explore the influence of cooling rate on the solidification of the 2304 duplex stainless steel (DSS). The macro and micro structures of the 2304 DSS were investigated. Small equiaxed grains are obtained in chromite sand mould sample with a lower pouring temperature and a higher cooling rate, whereas coarse columnar and equiaxed grains are found in silica sand and refractory powder mould samples. The size of austenite phase is significantly increased with decreasing cooling rate, while the ferrite phase content ranging from 51.6% to 53.9% does not change obviously. In addition, the linear contraction of the 2304 DSS decreases from 2.34% to 1.09% when the mean cooling rate above 1,173 K increases from 0.99 K·s-1 to 3.66 K·s-1.

Improving the solidification structure of commercially pure aluminium with electropulse acting on liquid metal

The effect of electropulse on the solidification structure of commercially pure aluminium was studied. The orthogonal array L9 was used to determine the effect of three process parameters of electropulse modification （EPM）, which were pulse current intensity, pulse frequency, and treating time. For each factor, three levels were chosen to cover the experimental region. According to the experimental results, the solidification structure of commercially pure aluminium was modified from large grains with columnar crystals to finer grains with equiaxed crystals, by allowing the electropulse to act on liquid aluminium. However, the solidification structures could be refined differently at different EPM parameters. Certain EPM parameters should be selected to get the optimum solidification structure. Among the three parameters, pulse frequency was the most important factor influencing the solidification structure, the secondary factor was current intensity, and treating time was the third one. The optimum parameters were the pulse frequency of 5 Hz, the current intensity of 68 A, and the treating time of l0 s.

Effect of micro-alloying Nb and Ti on solidification structure in 430 ferritic stainless steel

With the increase in the content of carbon, nitrogen and titanium in 430 ferritic stainless steel, the refinement of the solidification structure is obvious and the proportion of equiaxed grain increases remarkably as well. This is attributed to the increasing role of the inhomogeneous nucleation by TiN particles during solidification. In addition, more fine precipitations of （Ti ,Nb）N are found in steel with increased carbon and nitrogen content.

Physical Properties and Solidification Structure of Al－SiEutectic Alloy Melt with Cerium Modification

Relationship between physical property change of melt and solidification structure has been investigated by measuring the density, viscosity and electrical resistivity of the Al-Si eutectic alloy melt with different Ce contents. The results show that there exists corresponding relation between the turning points of physical properties change and eutectic Si shape change.

Effects of Pulse Current on Solidification Structure of Austenitic Stainless Steel

The 1Cr18Ni9Ti specimens were treated respectively with pulse current under 520 V and 2 600 V during solidification and the solidification structure was observed.The results showed that pulse current can refine solidification grains,cut primary dentrities remarkably and reduce second dentritic arm spacing.The mechanism and effect are changed with operation parameters.

Effect of Refrigerant on Solidification Structure of Steel

By the solidification experiment of a medium carbon steel with refrigerant added.the effect of refrigerant on solidification structure of steel was studied.The results clearly show that refrigerant can increase the ratio of equiaxed crystal,fine grains and decrease central porosity and segregation.

RECALESCENCE BEHAVIOUR AND SOLIDIFICATION STRUCTURE OF HIGHLY UNDERCOOLED Ni-32.5%Sn EUTECTIC ALLOY

Large undercoolings up to 395K (0.28TE) are obtained for 15g samples of Ni-32.5%Sn eutectic alloy by superheating the alloy melt to 108-700K above its eutectic temperature and consequently destroying most of the inherent heterogeneous nuclei. The recalcscence phenomenon and its dependence on undercooling and on crystal nuclcation and growth, as well as its relationship to solidification microstructures are studied. The crystalli/ation fraction during recalcsccnce is also calculated. Experiments reveal that recalcscence degree increases with undercooling when the latter is below a certain critical value∧Te, but it decreases as undercooling increases above A 7'( (under present conditions∧Te= 245K, i. c. 0.17TE). The greater the recalescencc degree, the larger the proportion of anomalous eutectic in solidified structures. It is inferred that anomalous eutectic is the product of rapid solidification while lamellar eutectic forms at much slower nuclcation rate and growth velocity.

Effect of the solidification structure on the ridging and drawability of ultra low carbon ferritic stainless steel

In order to understand the effect of the solidification structure on the formability of ultra low carbon ferritic stainless steel （FSS） ,this work studies the ridging phenomenon and the deep-drawing property in detail and the research method was X-ray diffraction （XRD） and scanning electron microscope （SEM） technique. The result shows that the columnar grain specimen had a higher ridging height than the equiaxed grain specimen, which was mainly attributed to the formation of grain colonies in the columnar grain specimen. After final recrystallization annealing, the equiaxed grain specimen obtained a high-intensity T-fiber texture and an excellent deep-drawing property.

Effects of F-EMS on the solidification structure of 60Si_2CrVAT spring steel billets

The effects of the final electromagnetic stirring （EMS） on the solidification structure of 60Si2CrVAT high strength spring （HSS） steel of continuous casting （CC） billets has been studied. The analysis of the solidification structure is based on the comparison between the macrostructure, microstructure, carbon segregation and defects of the 60Si2CrVAT billet with mold-electromagnetic stirring （ M - EMS ） and those with the M ＋ final solidification zone electromagnetic stirring （ F - EMS）. It is found that the solidification structure of the billet with the F - EMS is improved with the tightness of the billet and the increase in the ratio of the equiaxed structure,the inner porosity and the shrinkage are remarkably reduced, and that the ratio of central carbon segregation sharply decreases. Meanwhile, the secondary dendrite arm spacing （SDAS） is improved, and the ratio of central equiaxed grain considerably increases, which results in finer grains. Therefore ,the quality of the billet is enhanced with the F - EMS.

The effect of rare earths on the solidification structure of Fe-36Ni invar alloy

The effect of Ce, La and mischmetal on the solidification structure of Fe-36Ni invar alloy was investigated. The results show that great amounts of high-melting point compounds （ Ce2O3, La202S and （ Ce, La）2O2S ） respectively formed in the alloy with the addition of Ce, La or mischmetal. Based on the theory of lattice misfit, the lattice misfit between the （0001） surfaces of Ce2O3,Ce2O2S and La2O2S and （100） surface of Fe-36Ni invar alloy were 6.21%, 5.77 % and 5.42 %, respectively, which are relatively low. Therefore, Ce2 O3, La2 O2 S and （ Ce, La） 2 O2 S could serve as the core of heterogeneous nucleation, improve the equiaxed grain ratio, reduce the equiaxed grain size and refine the solidification structure of alloy.

STRUCTURE FORMATION OF UNDERCOOLED Fe-30Ni ALLOY

Bulk Fe-30Ni alloy melt was nudercooled up to 337K by combining the glass fluxing technique with superheating-cooling cycle. Grain refinement at low undercoolings was observed in the experiment in addition to that at high undercoolings. The current grain refinement mechanisms were examined, and it is concluded that the refined gains are all developed from dendrites, however the grain refinement at low undercoolings is due to chemical superheating, while that at high undercoolings due to rapid solidification contruction.

Microstructure Refinement of Sn-Sb Peritectic Alloy under High-Intensity Ultrasound Treatment

In this paper the solidification behavior of Sn-Sb peritectic alloy and the mechanism of grain refinement in solidification process under high-intensity ultrasonic field are investigated. Three different powers of high-intensity ultrasound are introduced into molten Sn-Sb peritectic alloy to study the refining effectiveness. The results show that the application of high-intensity ultrasound during solidification process of Sn-Sb peritectic alloy can refine α phase and β phase and eliminate gravity segregation of the alloy. As acoustic intensity is increased from 400 W to 800 W, not only the homogenous fine structure can be obtained, but also the cubic β phase crystals tend to be spherical. Microstructure of the sample treated by 600 W high-intensity ultrasound demonstrates the best refining effect.

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Electromagnetic Centrifugal Cast 1Cr25Ni20Si2 Tube Blank

1Cr25Ni20Si2 tube blank centrifugally cast in a steady magnetic field was investigated. The results indicated that the solidification structure and the mechanical properties of the blank can be improved remarkably by electromagnetic stirring, and seamless tube can be manufactured from such blanks.

Microstructure Characteristics and Apparent Viscosity of Hypereutectic Al-24%Si Alloy Melt During Semi-solid State Stirring

The microstructural evolution and apparent viscosity of hypereutectic Al-24%Si alloy during semi-solid state shearing were studied with a Searte type viscometer. When the alloy melt was continuously stirred from 720 degreesC to eutectic temperature, the primary Si crystals were gradually changed from elongated platelets to near-spherical shapes. It was found that some nondendritic a-phase formed when the melt was stirred below 585 degreesC. The experiment showed that the semi-solid stirring had strong effect on inhibiting the anisotropic growth of Si crystals during solidification. The apparent viscosity of the alloy melt increased slowly with the decreasing of temperature before the formation of nondendritic alpha -phase, which caused the dramatic increase of apparent viscosity.