FORMATION OF QUASICRYSTALLINE PHASE IN RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED Al-Fe-V-Si ALLOY

The icosahedral quasicrvstalline phase (i-phase) with the chemical composition of 82.4at%Al. 8.8at%Fe. 3.6at%V and 5.2at%Si in melt spun Al-Fe-V-Si ribbons was found. It is suggested that the temperature and holding time of the melt prior to quenching are the important factors in the formation of the i-phase.

Microstructure of a two-phase titanium alloy by rapid solidification technique

Ribbons of the two-phase titanium alloy were fabricated by single-roller rapid solidification technique,and aged at high temperature. The microstructure of ribbon samples were characterized with X-ray diffractometer(XRD) and environmental scanning electron microscope(ESEM). The microstructures of the alloy are composed of α phase and supersaturated β phase,and X-ray diffraction results show that all peaks of the α and β phases shift slightly to smaller angles,which can be explained by the disordering growth pattern caused by the rapid solidification process. After aging at 960 ℃ in vacuum,the ribbon is composed of homogeneous α phase and β phase.

Inherited multimodal microstructure evolution of high-fracture-toughness Mg-Zn-Y-Al alloys during extrusion for the consolidation of rapidly solidified ribbons

The mechanisms of multimodal microstructure evolution and the effects of microstructural factors on mechanical properties must be elucidated to design new alloys with superior properties.In this study,high-fracture-toughness and ductile Mg_(96.75)Zn_(0.85)Y_(2.05)Al_(0.35) alloys were developed using rapidly solidified(RS)ribbon-consolidation technique,and the inherited multimodal microstructure evolution during plastic flow consolidation of the RS ribbons was investigated.The use of extrusion for plastic flow consolidation of the heat-treated RS ribbons produced a multimodal microstructure consisting of the worked grains with high Kernel average misorientation(KAM)angles(Group1),the ultrafine dynamically recrystallized(DRXed)grains with intermediate KAM angles(Group 2),and the fine DRXed grains with low KAM angles(Group 3).Groups 1 and 2 contribute to the alloy strengthening,while Group 3 contributes to improving ductility with strainhardening,resulting in enhancement of the fracture toughness.To form the multimodal microstructure,it was necessary to apply plastic flow with equivalent strains of>2.3 to the heat-treated RS ribbons possessing duplex microstructures with different dispersions of the long-period stacking ordered phase.

Microstructural evolution of Al-20Si-5Fe alloy during rapid solidification and hot consolidation

Al-20Si-5Fe melt was rapidly solidified into particles and ribbons and then consolidated to near full density by hot pressing at 400℃/250 MPa/1 h. According to the eutectic-growth and dendritic-growth velocity models, the solidification front velocity and the amount of undercooling were estimated for the particles with different sizes. Values of 0.43-1.2 cm/s and 15-28 K were obtained. The secondary dendrite arm spacing revealed a cooling rate of 6 × 10^5 K/s for the particles with an average size of 20 μm. Solidification models for the ribbons yielded a cooling rate of 5 × 10^7 K/s. As a result of the higher cooling rate, the melt-spun ribbons exhibited considerable microstructural refinement and modification. The size of the primary silicon decreased from approximately 1μm to 30 nm while the formation of iron-containing intermetallic compounds was suppressed. Supersaturation of the aluminum matrix in an amount of-7 at.% Si was noticed from the XRD patterns During the hot consolidation process, coarsening of the primary silicon particles and precipitation of β-Al5FeSi phase were observed. Evaluation of the compressive strength and hardness of the alloy indicated an improvement in mechanical properties due to the microstructural modification.

Containerless rapid solidification of undercoolecl Cu-Co peritectic alloys

Droplets of Co-16%Cu and Co-71.6%Cu peritectic alloys were solidified during container-less processing in a 3-m drop tube. The microstructures of Co-16%Cu alloy droplets were characterized by dendritic or equiaxed α-Co phase with a small amount of Cu-rich solid solution distributed on α-Co phase boundaries. Two thresholds of droplet diameter were observed for Co-16%Cu alloy at which "equiaxed-dendritic-equiaxed" morphological transitions occur to primary α-Co phase. This conspicuous refinement of primary α-Co grains results from the fragmentation of α-Co dendrites caused by re-calescence effect. For Co-71.6% Cu alloy, the primary a-Co phase forms as coarse columnar dendrites in large droplets and equiaxed dendrites in small droplets. Theoretical calculations indicate that Marangoni migration contributes more to the growth of disperse Co-rich spheres by stimulating collision and coalescence than Stokes motion caused by the residual gravity in the falling Co-71.6%Cu alloy droplets.

Phase separation and rapid solidification of liquid Cu_(60)Fe_(30)Co_(10) ternary peritectic alloy

The metastable liquid phase separation and rapid solidification of Cu60Fe30Co10 ternary peritectic alloy were investigated by using the drop tube technique and the differential scanning calorimetry method. It was found that the critical temperature of metastable liquid phase separation in this alloy is 1623.5 K, and the two sepa- rated liquid phases solidify as Cu(Fe,Co) and Fe(Cu,Co) solid solutions, respec- tively. The undercooling and cooling rate of droplets processed in the drop tube increase with the decrease of their diameters. During the drop tube processing, the structural morphologies of undercooled droplets are strongly dependent on the cooling rate. With the increase of the cooling rate, Fe(Cu,Co) spheres are refined greatly and become uniformly dispersed in the Cu-rich matrix. The calculations of Marangoni migration velocity (VM) and Stokes motion velocity (VS) of Fe(Cu,Co) droplets indicated that Marangoni migration contributes more to the coarsening and congregation of the minor phase during free fall. At the same undercooling, the VM/VS ratio increases drastically as Fe(Cu,Co) droplet size decreases. On the other hand, a larger undercooling tends to increase the VM/VS value for Fe(Cu,Co) drop- lets with the same size.

Study on Rare Earth-Containing Phases in TiAl Based Alloys Prepared by Non-Equilibrium Solidification Processing

Microstructure evolution of rare earth rich phase of rapidly-solidified (RS) TiAl based alloys was investigated. The two rapid-solidification techniques employed are melt-spinning technique (MS) and Hammer-and-Anvil technique (HB). MS ribbons and HA foils were obtained in the experiment. The results demonstrate that with the increasing of cooling rates of TiAl based alloys great changes are taken place in the microstructures of rare earth rich phase, from scattering mainly on grain boundaries of as-cast ingot to distributing homogeneously as very fine fibers or powders (nanometer grade) on the matrix. The fine paralleling second phase fibers in the HA foils are considered to be connected with gamma/alpha (2) lamellar colonies. Selected area electronic diffraction (SAED) patterns of the rare earth rich phase is in accordance with that of intermetallic AlCe.

Heat and mass transfer characteristics during rapid solidification of Fe-Cu peritectic alloys

The viscose flow and microstructure formation of Fe-Cu peritectic alloy melts are investigated by analyzing the velocity and temperature fields during rapid solidifi-cation,which is verified by rapid quenching experiments.It is found that a large temperature gradient exists along the vertical direction of melt puddle,whereas there is no obvious temperature variation in the tangent direction of roller surface.After being sprayed from a nozzle,the alloy melt changes the magnitude and di-rection of its flow and velocity rapidly at a height of about 180 μm.The horizontal flow velocity increases rapidly,but the vertical flow velocity decreases sharply.A thermal boundary layer with 160-300 μm in height and a momentum boundary layer with 160-240 μm in thickness are formed at the bottom of melt puddle,and the Reynolds number Re is in the range of 870 to 1070 in the boundary layer.With the increase of Re number,the cooling rate increases linearly and the thickness of thermal boundary layer increases monotonically.The thickness of momentum boundary layer decreases slowly at first,then rises slightly and decreases sharply.If Re < 1024,the liquid flow has remarkable effects on the microstructure formation due to dominant momentum transfer.The separated liquid phase is likely to form a fiber-like microstructure.If Re>1024,the heat transfer becomes dominating and the liquid phase flow is suppressed,which results in the formation of fine and uniform equiaxed microstructures.

METASTABLE PHASES IN RAPIDLY-SOLIDIFIED ALUMINIUMRICH Al-Sm ALLOYS

The splat foils of Al-Sm alloys with 0.04-0.06mm in thickness were made by hammeranvil technique. The estimated cooling rute was 106K/ order of magnitude. The extended solid solubility of Sm in α-Al reached 0.5at. % Sm. The intermediate phase in the rapidlysolidified Al-Sm alloys is Al11Sm3 phase, which is stable only at temperatures above 1339K in equilibrium state and retained to ambient temperature as a metastable phase, whereas the equlibrium intermediate phase, Al3Sm, was restricted to occur.

PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS IN RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED TiNi SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS

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热挤压对快速凝固Al-Si-Fe-Cu-Mg合金显微组织及性能的影响

采用单辊旋淬法制备了快速凝固Al-20Si-5Fe-Cu-Mg合金,采用了SEM对其进行观察分析。结果表明,快速凝固能够极大细化Al-20Si-5Fe-Cu-Mg合金组织,抑制Si相及β-Fe相的析出长大,且组织的细化程度呈梯度分布。对快速凝固Al-20Si-5Fe-Cu-Mg合金进行了不同工艺参数的热挤压实验。结果表明,粉末包套热挤压工艺能够使快速凝固Al-20Si-5Fe-Cu-Mg带材合金致密化,当挤压温度为400℃、挤压比为1∶16时,合金获得了较优异的力学性能,其屈服强度和抗拉强度分别达到了456 MPa和805 MPa,压缩率为9.3%。

MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED Al－Fe BASED ALLOYS

The effects of additions of Ti and W on microstructure and mechanical properties of rapidly solidified Al-Fe-V-Si alloys were investigated. Alloy powders were produced by the centrifugal rotary atomization process. After atomization, powders were screened to various mesh sizes to see the effect of powder size on the mechanical properties.These Powders were consolidated into billets using conventional powder metallurgy process, and then extruded into bar form.Microstructural analysis shows that the W addition results in the heterogeneous microstructure.On the other hand, the Ti addition refines the microstructure.Alloy containing both Ti and W has the highest thermal stability of the dispersoid. These variations in the microstructure are well reflected in the mechanical properties in that the Ti containtng alloys (with or without W) have the higher strength and ductility than the W containing alloy. It also shows that the alloys made of the coarser powders have better combinations of strength and ductility than those made of the finer powders.

Rapid solidification of Cu_(60)Co_(30)Cr_(10) alloy under different conditions

Metastable liquid phase separation and rapid solidification in a metastable miscibility gap were investigated on the Cu60Co30Cr10 alloy by using the electromagnetic levitation and splat-quenching.It is found that the alloy generally has a microstructure consisting of a（Co,Cr）-rich phase embedded in a Cu-rich matrix,and the morphology and size of the（Co,Cr）-rich phase vary drastically with cooling rate.During the electromagnetic levitation solidification processing the cooling rate is lower,resulting in an obvious coalescence tendency of the（Co,Cr）-rich spheroids.The（Co,Cr）-rich phase shows dendrites and coarse spheroids at lower cooling rates.In the splat quenched samples the（Co,Cr）-rich phase spheres were refined significantly and no dendrites were observed.This is probably due to the higher cooling rate,undercooling and interface tension.

Effect of heat treatment on the microstructure and micromechanical properties of the rapidly solidified Mg61.7Zn34Gd4.3 alloy containing icosahedral phase

In this paper, the microstructure evolution of the rapidly solidified (RS) Mg61.7Zn34Gd4.3 (at%, atomic ratio) alloy at high temperatures was investigated. The hardness and elastic modulus of the main precipitated phases were also analyzed and compared with those of the α-Mg matrix on the basis of nanoindentation tests. The results show that the RS alloy consists of either a petal-like icosahedral quasicrystal (IQC) phase (~20 μm) and block-shaped H1 phase (~15 μm) or IQC particles with an average grain size of ~107 nm as well as a small proportion of amorphous phase, which mainly depends on the holding time at the liquid temperature and the thickness of the ribbons. The IQC phase gradually transforms at 400?C to a short-rod-shaped μ-phase (Mg28.6Zn63.8Gd7.7) with a hexagonal structure. The hardness of the IQC phase is higher than that of H1 phase, and both phases exhibit a higher hardness than the α-Mg matrix and the μ-phase. The elasticity of the H1 phase is superior to that of the α-Mg matrix. The IQC phase possesses a higher elastic modulus than H1 phase. The easily formed H1 phase exhibits the poorest plastic deformation capacity among these phases but a higher elastic modulus than the α-Mg matrix.

Mechanical and thermo-physical properties of rapidly solidified Al-50Si-Cu(Mg) alloys for thermal management application

Al-high Si alloys were designed by the addition of Cu or Mg alloying elements to improve the mechanical properties. It is found that the addition of 1 wt.% Cu or 1 wt.% Mg as strengthening elements significantly improves the tensile strength by 27.2% and 24.5%, respectively. This phenomenon is attributed to the formation of uniformly dispersed fine particles(Al2Cu and Mg2Si secondary phases) in the Al matrix during hot press sintering of the rapidly solidified(gas atomization) powder. The thermal conductivity of the Al-50 Si alloys is reduced with the addition of Cu or Mg, by only 7.3% and 6.8%, respectively. Therefore, the strength of the Al-50 Si alloys is enhanced while maintaining their excellent thermo-physical properties by adding 1% Cu(Mg).

Primary cellular/dendritic spacing selection of Al 4.95%Zn alloy under near rapid directional solidification condition

Al 4.95%Zn alloy is directionally solidified in a modified Bridgman apparatus with higher temperature gradient to investigate response of cellular/dendritic microstructures and primary spacing to the variation of growth velocity under near rapid directional solidification condition. The results show that, with increasing growth rate, there exists a transition from dendrite to fine cell and a wide distribution range in primary cellular/dendritic spacing at the given temperature gradient. The maximum, λ max , minimum, λ min , and average primary spacing, λ , as functions of growth velocity, v , can be given by λ max =12 340 v -0.835 3 , λ min =2 953.7 v -0.771 7 , λ =7 820.3 v -0.833 3 , respectively. , as functions of growth velocity, v , can be given by λ max =12 340 v -0.835 3 , λ min =2 953.7 v -0.771 7 , λ =7 820.3 v -0.833 3 , respectively.

Rapidly solidified hypereutectic Al-Si alloys prepared by powder hot extrusion

Rapidly solidified hypereutectic Al-Si alloys were prepared by powder hot extrusion. By eliminating vacuum degassing procedure, the fabrication routine was simplified. The tensile fracture mechanisms at room temperature and elevated temperature were investigated by SEM fractography. Compared with KS282 casting material, the tensile strength of rapidly solidified Al-Si alloy is greatly improved due to silicon particles refining while its density and coefficient of thermal expansion are lower than those of KS282. The wear resistance of RS AlSi is better than that of KS282.

硅、镍含量与制备工艺对Al-Si-Ni合金组织和热学性能的影响

利用普通凝固、水冷铜模亚快速凝固和水冷铜模亚快速凝固复合热处理(520℃×6 h)3种工艺,分别制备了Al-11Si-5Ni合金、Al-22Si-10Ni合金和Al-33Si-15Ni合金,研究了不同合金的显微组织和热学性能。结果表明:Al-11Si-5Ni共晶合金在凝固过程中仅发生Al-Si-Al_(3)Ni三元共晶反应,形成由α-Al相、共晶硅相和共晶Al_(3)N相组成的三元共晶组织;Al-22Si-10Ni合金与Al-33Si-15Ni合金为过共晶合金,组织由初生硅相、初生Al_(3)N相和三元共晶组织组成,其凝固过程分为初生硅相析出、初生硅相与Al_(3)Ni相的共同析出以及Al-Si-Al_(3)Ni三元共晶反应3个阶段;随着镍、硅含量的同步增加,初生硅相与Al_(3)Ni相粗化;与普通凝固工艺相比,水冷铜模亚快速凝固工艺可以细化合金组织,而热处理使共晶硅相与共晶Al_(3)Ni相发生球化。随着硅、镍含量的同步增加,合金的热导率与热膨胀系数均下降,而水冷铜模亚快速凝固复合热处理可以有效提升合金的热导率。水冷铜模亚快速凝固复合热处理工艺制备的Al-22Si-10Ni合金具有优异的综合性能,其室温热导率为129.9 W·m^(-1)·K^(-1),100℃热膨胀系数为13.8×10^(-6) K^(-1),25~100℃平均热膨胀系数为12.9×10^(-6) K^(-1)。

Evolution of V-containing phases during preparation of Al-based Al−V master alloys

Al-based Al−V master alloys were prepared by both the stepwise heating melting experiment and stepwise melting cooling experiment with rapid solidification to investigate the transformation of V-containing phases which gave different effects on microstructures and properties of commercial Al alloys and Ti alloys,as both melting and solidification processes affect the evolution of V-containing phases largely.The results showed that the raw Al−50wt.%V alloy consisted of needle-like Al_(3)V phase and Al8V5 phase(matrix),while petal-like Al_(3)V,needle-like Al_(7)V and plate-like Al_(10)V phase were present in the Al−V master alloys.The metastable Al_(7)V phase was evolved from Al_(3)V phase and then evolved into Al_(10)V phase during melting process.The number of Al_(10)V phase increased with the decrease of temperature in the range of 800−1000℃.Petal-like Al_(3)V phases could be transformed from Al_(8)V_(5) phase,pre-precipitated from Al−V molten liquid during melting process and precipitated directly during rapid solidification,respectively.

Non-equilibrium microstructure and the metastable phase of Al-9.6wt%Mg Alloy solidification under high pressure

The non-equilibrium microstructure and a new metastable phase of Al-9.6wt%Mg alloy solidified at 6 GPa were studied by optical microscope,differential scanning calorimetry,X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscope.The results showed that dendrite microstructure was refined,and the solid solubility of Mg in α-Al phase increased greatly.Correspondingly,the lattice parameter of α-Al phase increased.Al3Mg2 phases disappeared under high pressure solidification.In particular,a metastable phase with small size(20 nm or so) was produced in the alloy,its melting temperature range was 464～518.2 ℃,which was higher than that of Al3Mg2 phase(453～465 ℃) under normal pressure.These metastable phases located in the interdendritic position.It was the first time that the metastable phase was found in Al-Mg alloy at a high pressure of 6 GPa.The formation mechanism of the metastable phases was discussed.