Effects of Ca（Y）-Si modifier on interface morphology and solute segregation during directional solidification of an austenite medium Mn steel

The austenite medium Mn steel modified with controlled additions of Ca, Y, Si were directionally solidified using the vertical Bridgman method to study the effects of Ca（Y）-Si modifier on the solid-liquid （S-L） interface morphology and solute segregation. The interface morphology and the C and Mn segregation of the steel directionally solidified at 6.9 μtrn/s were investigated with an image analysis and a scanning electron microscope equipped with energy dispersive X-ray analysis. The 0.5wt% Ca-Si modified steel is solidified with a planar S-L interface. The interface of the 1.0wt% Ca-Si modified steel is similar to that of the 0.5wt% Ca-Si modified steel, but with larger nodes. The 1.5wt% Ca-Si modified steel displays a cellular growth parttern. The S-L interface morphology of the 0.5wt% Ca-Si＋1.0wt% Y-Si modified Mn steel appears as dendritic interface, and primary austenite dendrites reveal developed lateral branching at the quenched liquid. In the meantime, the independent austenite colonies are formed ahead of the S-L interface. A mechanism involving constitutional supercooling explains the S-L interface evolution. It depends mainly on the difference in the contents of Ca, Y, and Si ahead of the S-L interface. The segregation of C and Mn ahead of the S-L interface enhanced by the modifiers is observed.     

Hydrogen content and porosity behavior of hypereutectic aluminum-silicon alloy with phosphorus

By making castings that pick up gas from moisture in red sand molds,the porosity generated at different cooling rates was discussed during salidifcation of hypereutertic AL-25% Si alloy tcithout and with phosphorus additions the effect of phosphorus addition on hydyogen content in the melt was also studied it was observed that the phosphorus addition made hylrogen content in alloy melts present a “see-satr ”tendency in addition to primary silicon refunennent,the phosphorus promoted gas porosity formed not only in slorly cooled sections,bus also in rapidly cooled sections .there was a small difference in density of full dense sannple betureen p-refuned and unrefuned castings ,with a larger density associated with phosphorous addition,the change of the surface tension seetned more reasonable to explain the mechanisnt of porosity behavior.     

Influence of hydrogen content on the behavior of grain refinement in hypereutectic aluminum-silicon alloy

Dissolved hydrogen is harmful to mechanical properties of refined hypereutectic aluminum-silicon alloys. In the present work, by using a stepped-form mold and the hydrogen-detecting instrument HYSCAN Ⅱ, the relationship between the initial hydrogen content in the melt and the refinement effect on the casting of hypereutectic aluminum-silicon alloy was investigated. The experimental results show that the cooling rate, the hydrogen content and the grain refinement effect are three interactive factors. When the hydrogen content is above 0.20 mL/100 g and the cooling rate is lower than that in 50 mm-thick step, hydrogen dissolved in the alloy melt influences the grain refinement effect. With increasing the cooling rate, the critical hydrogen content increases too. It is expected that much hydrogen in the melt make the net interfacial energy larger than or equal to zero, resulting in the shielding of the particles AlP during solidification and that the critical gas content is closely related to the critical radius of embryo bubbles.     

Influence of hydrogen content on the behavior of grain reflnement in hypereutectic aluminum-silicon alloy

Dissolved hydrogen is harmful to mechanical properties of refined hypereutectic aluminum-silicon alloys. In the present work, by using a stepped-form mold and the hydrogen-detecting instrument HYSCANⅡ, the relationship between the initial hydrogen content in the melt and the refinement effect on the casting of hypereutectic aluminum-silicon alloy was investigated. The experimental results show that the cooling rate, the hydrogen content and the grain refinement effect are three interactive factors. When the hydrogen content is above 0.20 mL/100 g and the cooling rate is lower than that in 50 mm-thick step, hydrogen dissolved in the alloy melt influences the grain refinement effect. With increasing the cooling rate, the critical hydrogen content increases too. It is expected that much hydrogen in the melt make the net interfacial energy larger than or equal to zero, resulting in the shielding of the particles A1P during solidification and that the critical gas content is closely related to the critical     

Influence of rare earth (Ce and La) addition on the performance of Al-3.0 wt%Mg alloy

The influences of rare earth elements (cerium and lanthanum) on the microstructure and phases of Al-3.0 wt%Mg alloys used for electromagnetic shielding wire were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The mechanical properties and electrical resistivity were also investigated. The results indicated that a certain content of rare earth could improve the purification of the aluminum molten, enhance the strength, and reduce the electrical resistivity of Al-3.0 wt%Mg alloys. The strength reached the top value when RE content was 0.3 wt% while the alloy with 0.2 wt% RE addition had the smallest electrical resistivity. The elongation varied little when RE addition was no more than 0.2 wt%. But the excessive addition of rare earth would be harmful to the microstructure and properties of Al-3.0 wt%Mg alloys.     

Influence of small Cu addition on the crystallization of amorphous alloy Fe-Zr-B

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Origin of the pre-peak in the structure factor of liquid Fe-4.30C-0.21Ce alloy

The liquid structure of Fe-4.30C and Fe-4.30C-0.21Ce alloys was studied by high temperature X-ray diffractometer. The results show that for Fe-C alloy the nearest neighbor distance of the eutectic alloy is 0.259-0.260 nm at the temperature range of 1200-1400℃, which increases to 0.269-0.271 nm with the addition of 0.21% (mass fraction) Ce in the Fe-C alloy at the same temperature range. There is a pre-peak at Q = 15.5 nm-1 on the original intensity curve and structure factor S(Q) of the liquid Fe-4.30C-0.21Ce alloy, which was caused by the Ce atoms in the C-Ce clusters. Combined with the shared face, the tetragonal structure can meet the requirement for the distance of Ce-Ce atoms. It also shows that the cluster size in the liquid Fe-4.30C-0.21Ce alloy increases with the decreasing temperature.     

Effects of low-frequency electromagnetic field on the surface quality of 7050 aluminum alloy ingots during the hot-top casting process

To improve the quality of 7050 aluminum alloy ingots, low-frequency electromagnetic (LFE) field was applied during the conventional hot-top casting process. Macrostructures and microstructures of the ingots by the conventional and LFE hot-top casting processes were studied. The experimental results show that when the LFE field is turn off during the hot-top casting process, cold folding appears, and the as-cast structure becomes very coarse. Additionally, the thickness of the shell zone is much thinner duri...     

Influence of deformation on precipitation in AZ80 magnesium alloy

Precipitates in the conventionally processed (solution treatment followed by aging) AZ80 alloy are coarse, cellular, and incoherent. They nucleate and grow on the basal planes of the matrix or distribute discontinuously in the alloy. Their unique morphology and undesired distribution make them ineffective for precipitation strengthening. This condition, however, can be modified by applying selected deforma-tion and heat treatment conditions. The effect of deformation and heat treatment on the morphology and...     

Influence of thermomechanical aging on microstructure and mechanical properties of 2519A aluminum alloy

The influence of thermomechanical aging on microstructure and mechanical properties of 2519A aluminum alloy was investigated by means of microhardness test, tensile test, optical microscopy (OM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results show that 50% cold rolling deformation prior to aging is beneficial since it promotes a more homogeneous distribution of the precipitation phase and reduces the number of precipitation phase on the grain boundaries, and thus shrinks the total volume of precipitation-free zones at grain and sub-grain boundaries. As a result, the tensile properties of 2519A aluminum alloy have been significantly improved.     

对三元合金结晶过程中“蝴蝶形规律”的讨论

对三元匀晶合金结晶过程中的“蝴蝶形规律”进行了详尽的讨论，得出“蝴蝶”形状的正确画法。纠正了现行教材及有关专著中普遍存在的错误。     

Ce的加入对变形铝合金组织与疲劳性能的影响

应用疲劳试验研究了Ｃｅ的加入对铝合金疲劳性能的影响,在加载和观察同时进行的情况下,翔实地记载了裂纹萌徨、扩展、失稳的全过程,应用损伤力学的观点分析了试验结果,在所定义的损伤定量的基础上,通过显微硬度试验,印证了损伤的演变规律,结果表明,Ｃｅ的加入细化了铝合金的晶粒强化晶界,增强了宏观韧性,裂纹扩展减缓,疲劳寿命增加１倍以上。     

Phase field modeling for dendritic morphology transition and micro-segregation in multi-component alloys

By using the phase field model for the solidification of multi-component alloys and coupling with real thermodynamic data, the dendritic morphology transition and the dendritic micro-segregation of Ni-Al-Nb ternary alloys are simulated in two cases, i.e., varying the alloy composition at a fixed under-cooling and varying the undercooling at a fixed alloy composition. The simulated results indicate that with the increase of the dimensionless undercooling U (U=ΔT/ΔT0, where ΔT is the undercooling and ΔT0 the temperature interval between the solidus and liquidus), the dendritic morphology transfers from dendritic to globular growth in both cases. As to the dendritic micro-segregation, both cases present a regularity of increasing at first and then decreasing.     

Effect of rare earth samarium addition on the kinetics of precipitation in AI-Cu-Mn casting alloy

The mechanical properties of Al-Cu-Mn casting alloy mainly depend on the morphology, distribution, size, and number ofθ′（Al2Cu） precipitates. In this study, we have analyzed the effect of rare earth samarium （Sm） addition on the kinetics of precipitation in the Al-Cu-Mn casting alloy by using differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Thermal ef-fect peaks that are attributed to the formation and the dissolution of Guinier-Preston （GP） zone andθ′phase were identified from the DSC curves. The activation energy ofθ′formation was calculated by using both the Kissinger method and the analytical model, and the corre-sponding results were compared. Results suggest that the activation energy ofθ′formation in Al-Cu-Mn alloy is dramatically higher than that in Al-Cu-Mn-Sm alloy. Accordingly, it is concluded that the addition of rare earth Sm decreases the activation energy ofθ′formation and promotes the formation ofθ′precipitates.     

Y和Ce对AZ91D镁合金显微组织和力学性能的影响

为了开发低成本、高强度、耐高温的新型镁合金,研究了微量Y、Ce对AZ91D镁合金显微组织和力学性能的影响。研究结果表明:Y和Ce复合加入AZ91D镁合金,能明显细化组织晶粒,从而改善合金在室温和高温下的力学性能。当加入0.6%Ce-0.3%Y(质量分数)时,合金晶粒细化效果较好,其室温和高温力学性能比较理想。     

稀土Ce对ZA27合金组织和力学性能的影响

在ZA27合金中加入稀土元素Ce,并采用挤压铸造的加工方法，寻求细化组织和提高力学性能的途径.稀土Ce使ZA27合金的晶粒细化，β相和ε相分布更均匀，并且在晶界处生成了不规则的化合物，该化合物包含Zn、Al、Cu、Ce、Mg等元素.随着含Ce量的增加，化合物的数量增多，有少量偏聚成大块.在挤压力作用下，晶界处ε相要少些.添加稀土Ce后，挤压铸造ZA27合金的抗拉强度、伸长率、硬度均有所提高.结果表明，含Ce量为0.15%时挤压铸造ZA27合金组织和力学性能最好.     

Influences of 2.5wt% Mn addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Cu-Al-Ni shape memory alloys

The influences of 2.5wt%Mn addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the Cu-11.9wt%Al-3.8wt%Ni shape memory alloy(SMA) were studied by means of scanning electron microscopy(SEM),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),and differential scanning calorimeter(DSC).The experimental results show that Mn addition influences considerably the austenite-martensite transformation temperatures and the kind of martensite in the Cu-Al-Ni alloy.The martensitic transformation changes from a mixedβ_1→β'_1...     

碳复合材料中锰对碳结构形成的作用机理研究

利用X光衍射XRD和扫描电镜SEM研究了碳复合材料中Mn对碳网络化结构形成的作用机理 得出了中间过渡型碳化物的开始生成温度及分解温度 ,并用热力学的基本原理对此作了理论分析