单相凝固亚结构的特征尺度与形态转变

从定向凝固界面形的非稳态分析出发，对单相凝固亚结构的几个特征尺度包括平界面失稳初始扰动波长、胞晶间距、枝晶一次间距、枝晶尖端半径及二次间距与两有态转变即胞枝转变和高梯度绝对稳定性进行了实验研究和理论分析。     

籽晶法生长高温合金单晶凝固界面研究

研究了籽晶法生长单晶高温合金中固液界面的演变规律。实验结果表明：在籽晶法生长高温合金单晶的起始过程中,凝固系统经非稳态自组织过程达到稳态生长,凝固界面经历了由平界面—胞状界面—枝晶界面的转化过程,胞枝晶间距根据凝固参数及初始形态自行调整,其调整模式主要有竞争淘汰、尖端开裂和高次分枝三种。在生长起始端存在着籽晶与单晶的融合区,融合区的成分取决于籽晶成分和单晶成分。     

温度梯度对Ti-45Al合金定向凝固组织演化影响的数值模拟

采用基于溶质扩散控制模型结合CA方法对Ti-45Al合金定向凝固过程中温度梯度对显微组织演化影响进行了数值模拟.模拟结果表明,随着温度梯度增加,凝固形态经历了树枝晶→胞/枝混合结构→粗胞晶→细胞晶→超细胞晶的转变,而一次胞/枝晶臂间距随着凝固组织变化不断减小.此外,温度梯度很高时,固液界面处溶质富集程度很小,界面处出现溶质截流.     

液固相变中的界面形态选择

在凝固过程中，液固界面形态经历了从平面向胞状进而树枝晶，然后又向针状胞直至绝对稳定平界面的演泽过程。本文以理论分析与实验结果为基础，讨论了液固 界面稳定性与界面形态的关系和生长速率的影响。阐明亚快凝固段生长形成的超细柱晶组织特性及其应用前景。     

凝固速度对奥氏体不锈钢定向凝固组织及其固液界面稳定性的影响

本文研究了凝固速率对1Cr18Ni9Ti不锈钢定向凝固组织及其固液界面稳定性转变规律的影响.结果表明,在某特一定的温度梯度下,随着凝固速度的增加,定向凝固的固液界面由平面转变为胞状晶,再转变为树枝晶.研究发现,随着凝固速率的增大,定向凝固组织枝晶形貌逐渐细化,枝晶间距减小.     

溶质对流对SCN-5%ETH模拟合金垂直向上生长的影响

采用实时观测装置和定向凝固系统研究了SCN-5%ETH(succinonitrile-wt%ethanol,wt%表示质量分数)模拟合金的垂直向上生长过程。实验结果与水平定向生长的SCN-5%ETH模拟合金的胞晶组织,枝晶组织以及枝晶间距比较发现,胞晶垂直向上生长引起的溶质对流减小了胞晶的尖端半径,使胞晶组织呈现尖端尖细的形态;枝晶垂直向上生长时,二次枝晶臂生长速度减小,枝晶一次间距和二次臂长度也减小,并且减小幅度随着界面推移速度的增大而减小,枝晶二次间距和水平定向生长时相比有较小幅度的增大。     

Al-4％Cu合金定向凝固枝晶／胞晶转变速率的研究

通过实验和理论对比研究Al-4%(质量分数)Cu合金定向凝固胞晶/枝晶转变过程,得到胞晶/枝晶转变发生在尖端半径变化的拐点处。采用KGT模型与非平衡效应研究与胞晶/枝晶转变过程相对应的高速枝晶/胞晶转变特征。结果表明:尖端半径和界面温度均随抽拉速率的增加而减小,到达临界值后又急速增大。枝晶/胞晶转变发生在尖端半径和界面温度的拐点处,即在尖端半径和界面温度最小时发生转变;溶质截留在枝晶/胞晶转变过程中作用明显,大大减小了微观偏析。     

亚快速单向凝固晶体生长的非稳态演化

晶体生长中的非稳态演化过程一直是凝固领域人们很少涉及的课题，尤其在胞枝转变之后相当宽范围的亚快速凝固更是少人问津，而非稳态过程对材料最终的组织往往产生在影响，本文采和有机物模拟合金研究了低速及亚快速凝固范围界面形态与一次间距的演化规律，并初步探讨了其演化机制。     

凝固速率对单晶高温合金元素含量和显微结构的影响

本文研究了凝固速率对单晶高温合金凝固界面形态，合金元素含量、ｒ＇相及ｒ／ｒ＇相界面结构的影响。结果表明，随凝固速率的减小，凝固界面从细枝、粗枝向胞状、平面转变，ｒ＇形成元素挥发严重，弥散分布的ｒ＇相含量减少，ｒ＇相严重合并粗化，ｒ／ｒ＇相界面失去共格，亚晶界量减少。     

凝固速率对IN718合金定向凝固组织和偏析行为的影响

采用LMC高梯度定向凝固和微观分析方法,研究了不同凝固速率下IN718合金的凝固组织和偏析行为。结果表明,随着凝固速率的提高,凝固界面由胞晶转为枝晶;一次胞/枝晶间距在凝固速率为20μm/s时提高到最大值257μm,随后逐渐降低,二次枝晶间距明显细化,溶质分配比也随凝固速率的增加而减小。同时,凝固速率增加使糊状区枝晶骨架的渗透性减小,增大了对液体流动的阻碍作用。     

In-situ observation of solid-liquid interface transition during directional solidification of Al-Zn alloy via X-ray imaging

The morphological instability of solid/liquid(S/L) interface during solidification will result in different patterns of microstructure. In this study, two dimension(2 D) and three dimension(3 D) in-situ observation of solid/liquid interfacial morphology transition in Al-Zn alloy during directional solidification were performed via X-ray imaging. Under a condition of increasing temperature gradient(G), the interface transition from dendritic pattern to cellular pattern, and then to planar growth with perturbation was captured. The effect of solidification parameter(the ratio of temperature gradient and growth velocity(v), G/v) on morphological instabilities was investigated and the experimental results were compared to classical "constitutional supercooling" theory. The results indicate that 2 D and 3 D evolution process of S/L interface morphology under the same thermal condition are different. It seems that the S/L interface in 2 D observation is easier to achieve planar growth than that in 3 D, implying higher S/L interface stability in 2 D thin plate samples. This can be explained as the restricted liquid flow under 2 D solidification which is beneficial to S/L interface stability. The in-situ observation in present study can provide coherent dataset for microstructural formation investigation and related model validation during solidification.     

Self-consistent modeling of morphology evolution during unidirectional solidification

A self-consistent model is developed to describe the morphology evolution during unidirectional solidification, which shows that, for a given temperature gradient, the interface morphology will go planar → shallow cell → deep cell → dendrite → cell → planar with increasing growth velocity. By examining the interaction of adjacent cells/dendrites, a wide allowable range of primary spacing for given growth conditions is determined, which shows a good agreement with experimental results. Numerical results show that cellular/dendritic and dendritic/cellular transitions appear not at a unique velocity but over a range of velocities, the critical velocity for the transition being dependent on the primary spacing before the transition.     

Solidification microstructures of the undercooled Co–24 at%Sn eutectic alloy containing 0.5 at%Mn

Solidification samples of undercooled Co–24 at%Sn eutectic alloy containing a small amount of Mn (<1.0 at%) were prepared by the glass fluxing technique. The surface and internal solidification microstructures of the samples were observed by a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and an optical microscope (OM), respectively. The experiment results revealed that the addition of 0.5 at%Mn remarkably changed the solidification behaviors of the undercooled Co–24 at%Sn eutectic alloy. The addition of 0.5 at%Mn influenced the morphological selection of eutectic growth interface by increasing the interface energy anisotropy during the solidification of the undercooled Co–24 at%Sn eutectic melt. As undercooling increases, the coupled eutectic growth interface morphology successively experienced dendritic pattern, factual seaweed pattern and compact seaweed pattern. Besides, the addition of 0.5 at%Mn decreased the critical undercooling for the formation of anomalous eutectic by introducing a new formation mechanism of anomalous eutectic, i.e. divorce eutectic mechanism.     

Self-consistent modeling of morphology evolution during unidirectional solidification

A self-consistent model is developed to describe the morphology evolution during unidirectional solidification, which shows that, for a given temperature gradient, the interface morphology will go planar→shallow cell→deep cell→dendrite→cell→planar with increasing growth velocity. By examining the interaction of adjacent cells/dendrites, a wide allowable range of primary spacing for given growth conditions is determined, which shows a good agreement with experimental results. Numerical results show that cellular/dendritic and dendritic/cellular transitions appear not at a unique velocity but over a range of velocities, the critical velocity for the transition being dependent on the primary spacing before the transition.     

亚快速定向凝固中枝胞转变的原位观测

通过对高纯ＣＢｒ４－Ｘ模拟合金亚快速定向凝固的原位观测，展示了枝晶向细胞晶转变的形态演化过程，发现枝晶通过尖端开裂使侧枝消失并伴随一次间距大幅度减小，转变过程中还出现尖端生长速度对抽速度度的明显偏离和尖端半径的变化；文中对尖端开裂的演化机制进行了理论分析。     

Al-Cu 合金高梯度定向凝固过程中的形态转变

本文利用 ZMLMC 定向凝固装置,研究了 Al-Cu 合金系在不同温度梯度下定向凝固时凝固界面和组织形态的变化。发现存在着两种树枝状生长和胞状生长之间的转变,即在低速范围内胞状向树枝状转变,在高速范围内树枝状向胞状转变;当温度梯度足够高时,可以在整个生长速率范围内不出现树枝状生长,获得高度细化的胞状组织;合金的结晶温度间隔越宽,完全消除树枝状生长所需的温度梯度越高。     

Investigations on transient directional solidification under microgravity on sounding rocket missions

Transient growth conditions are common to a variety of technical solidification processes and lead to modified materials properties. In directional solidification the microstructure at the solid-liquid interface of an alloy is a result of the interaction of diffusive and convective heat and mass transport in the bulk and of interface and thermophysical properties. We have carried out experiments under diffusive conditions without convection in microgravity during the sounding rocket missions TEXUS-36 and 40. The used transparent alloy succinonitrile-acetone freezes like metals and the solidification process was observed in-situ. Within a gradient furnace the solid-liquid interface is forced to move accelerated and to transform from planar into cellular and dendritic structures. The dynamics of the planar interface and of the spacing and the amplitude of diffusive grown cells and dendrites were observed directly with cameras and analyzed. A comparison of the TEXUS-40 results to predictions taken from a macroscopic thermal model, a coupled heat-mass transfer model and a phase-field model was carried out. A good agreement is found for the planar interface dynamics for the coupled heat-mass transfer model and the phase-field model, when using additional information from the thermal modelling. In the cellular and dendritic growth regime typical microstructure features can be reproduced by the phase-field model. The experimental results thus serve as important bench-marks for the validation of numerical models describing time-dependent solidification processes.     

Effect of Solid/Liquid Interface Morphology on Microstructure and Segregation of DSX40M Superalloy

The effect of solid/liquid intedece morphologies on the microstructure and segregation of a new type superalloy, DSX40M, was studied. It has been found that the primary arm spacing presents maximum value as the solid/liquid interface shape transforms from cellular to cellular-dendritic.As the alloy solidifies with a coarse dendritic interface, the solute segregation degree and the average size of the carbide reach the maximum values because of the widest mushy zone. A Zr-rich phase forms at this range. Within the solidificatin rate range of dendritic interface. the primary dendritic arm spacing and solute segregation decrease with the increasing of solidification rate and the Zr-rich phase disappears. It should be indicated that the change of the solid/liquid interface does nt vary the carbide type, but greatly affects the average size of the carbides.The quantitative results of the carbide size change in this alloy system with different solid/liquid interfaces is presented