Role of Remelting in Grain Refinement of Undercooled Single-Phase Alloys

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - Bulk and thin samples of Cu75Ni25 (at. pct) alloy were solidified over a range of undercoolings. Unlike the bulk samples, in which grains were...     

Revisiting the Role of Solutes in Grain Refinement of Hypoeutectic Alloys

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - Experimental data on grain size in hypoeutectic alloys with various solute concentrations are collected and analyzed. Curves of grain size as functions...     

Role of Grain Refinement in the Hot Tearing of Cast Al-Cu Alloy

The effects of grain refinement on hot tear formation and contraction behavior in a modified Al-Cu alloy 206 (M206) have been studied. The experiments were conducted using a newly developed mold which could simultaneously measure the contraction force/temperature during solidification for a restrained casting, and thereby could be used to investigate hot tear formation. Quantitative information on crack initiation and propagation was obtained by analyzing load measurement data. Al-Ti and Al-Ti-B master alloys were added to the melt to refine the grains to obtain grains ranging from columnar dendritic to equiaxed dendritic and globular structures. Effects of grain structure and grain size on hot tearing susceptibility were investigated. The correlations between microstructure evolution in grain-refined castings at various levels and hot tear formation were determined and discussed. Grain refinement was found to have a complex effect on load onset. Hot tearing tendency was significantly affected by both grain size and grain morphology as reflected by the measured data.     

Understanding the Co-Poisoning Effect of Zr and Ti on the Grain Refinement of Cast Aluminum Alloys

The “co-poisoning” effect between Zr and Ti (derived from Al-Zr and Al-Ti-B master alloy additions) on the grain refinement of cast aluminum alloys is studied from a crystallographic atom matching viewpoint. The edge-to-edge matching (E2EM) model has been used to investigate the possible “poisoning” phase containing Zr/Ti, Al, and Fe in commercial grade aluminum alloys. The results show that Al₃Ti is the most likely constituent to be poisoned due to the formation of an Al₈Fe₄Zr coating on its surface, since the Al₈Fe₄Zr phase has good crystallographic atom matching with Al₃Ti, but not with the aluminum matrix. Meanwhile, the partial dissolution of Al₃Zr nucleant particles to compensate for the loss of solute Zr aggravates the poisoning phenomenon. This proposed mechanism is consistent with most previous experimental observations and with existing practical solutions employed in the foundry.     

Microstructures and Grain Refinement of Additive-Manufactured Ti-xW Alloys

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - It is necessary to better understand the composition–processing–microstructure relationships that exist for materials produced by additive...     

Grain Refinement of Alloys in Fusion-Based Additive Manufacturing Processes

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - One of the less desirable aspects of fusion-based additive manufacturing is the propensity for coarse columnar grain structures crossing build layers to...     

The Effect of Solute Elements on the Grain Refinement of Cast Zn

The effect of both peritectic-forming elements (Cu and Ag) and eutectic-forming elements (Mg and Al) on the grain refinement of cast pure Zn was investigated. It is found that these four alloying elements lead to effective grain refinement of cast pure Zn, although they have different values of growth restriction factor (Q). Mg and Al seem to have better grain refining efficiency for cast pure Zn than Cu and Ag. These results raise questions regarding the mechanisms of grain refinement in Zn-based alloys, and therefore further studies are required.     

铝合金晶粒细化的研究进展与发展趋势

阐述了铝合金晶粒细化技术的研究和应用现状,铝合金获得细晶的几种凝固技术,晶粒细化剂和变质剂的变质细化作用及晶粒细化机理。并叙述了铝合金晶粒细化的发展趋势以及新型Al-Ti-C-Re、Al-Ti-B-Re合金的细化效果及应用。     

铝及铝合金细化剂的研究

综述了晶粒细化剂的发展及历史，细化剂的细化机理和各种细化剂的比较。并着重介绍了新一代的AlTiC晶粒细化剂。     

铝及铝合金细化剂的研究

综述了晶粒细化剂的发展历史及细化剂的细化机理和各种细化剂的比较。并着重介绍了新一代的Al-Ti-C晶粒细化剂。     

Origin of Significant Grain Refinement in Co-Cr-Mo Alloys Without Severe Plastic Deformation

We have previously reported that ultrafine-grained (UFG) microstructures can be obtained in a Co-29Cr-6Mo (wt pct) alloy by utilizing dynamic recrystallization (DRX) that occurs during conventional hot deformation (Yamanaka et al.: Metall. Mater. Trans. A, 2009, vol. 40A, pp. 1980?94). The present study investigates the novel DRX mechanism of this alloy in detail. The microstructure evolution during hot deformation under relatively high Zener?CHollomon (Z) parameter conditions for which ultrafine grains can develop was systematically investigated by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and transmission electron microscopy. This alloy exhibited a different flow stress behavior and microstructural development from conventional DRX mechanisms. The deformation microstructure contained a large number of stacking faults, which implies that planar dislocation slip is the primary deformation mechanism in the hot deformation of the Co-29Cr-6Mo alloy due to its abnormally low stacking fault energy (SFE) at elevated temperatures. Inhomogeneities in local strain distributions induced by planar slip will enhance grain subdivision by geometrically necessary (GN) dislocation boundaries. Deformation twinning may also contribute to grain refinement. The DRX mechanism operating in the Co-29Cr-6Mo alloy is discussed by considering the relationships between anomalous dislocation structures, flow stress behavior, texture development, and nucleation behavior.     

Influence of Mg on Grain Refinement of Near Eutectic Al-Si Alloys

Although the grain-refinement practice is well established for wrought Al alloys, in the case of foundry alloys such as near eutectic Al-Si alloys, the underlying mechanisms and the use of grain refiners need better understanding. Conventional grain refiners such as Al-5Ti-1B are not effective in grain refining the Al-Si alloys due to the poisoning effect of Si. In this work, we report the results of a newly developed grain refiner, which can effectively grain refine as well as modify eutectic and primary Si in near eutectic Al-Si alloys. Among the material choices, the grain refining response with Al-1Ti-3B master alloy is found to be superior compared to the conventional Al-5Ti-1B master alloy. It was also found that magnesium additions of 0.2 wt pct along with the Al-1Ti-3B master alloy further enhance the near eutectic Al-Si alloy’s grain refining efficiency, thus leading to improved bulk mechanical properties. We have found that magnesium essentially scavenges the oxygen present on the surface of nucleant particles, improves wettability, and reduces the agglomeration tendency of boride particles, thereby enhancing grain refining efficiency. It allows the nucleant particles to act as potent and active nucleation sites even at levels as low as 0.2 pct in the Al-1Ti-3B master alloy.     

碳质孕育法对AZ91合金的晶粒细化研究

研究了不同添加量、不同孕育温度、不同孕育时间时,C2Cl6对AZ91合金的晶粒细化效果,对碳质孕育法的细化机制进行了讨论与分析.结果表明,C2Cl6的细化效果随着添加量的增加而增加,但当其添加量超过0.1%时,晶粒细化效果变化不大;C2Cl6的细化效果随着孕育温度的升高而增加,当孕育温度超过740℃时,晶粒细化效果变化不大;但是C2Cl6的细化效果基本不受孕育时间的影响.C2Cl6细化效果的变化表明,碳质孕育法的细化机制更有可能与碳的溶解有关,而与碳、铝反应生成Al4C3异质晶核的假设关联不大.     

Grain Refinement by Cyclic Displacive Forward/Reverse Transformation in Fe-High-Ni Alloys

A novel method for grain refinement of martensite structures was proposed, in which transformation strain is accumulated by cyclic displacive forward and reverse transformations. This method can refine martensite structures in an Fe-18Ni alloy because a high density of austenite dislocations is introduced by a displacive reverse transformation in addition to an inheritance of dislocations in body-centered cubic martensite into austenite during cyclic transformation. The addition of a small amount of carbon accelerates structure refinement significantly, which results in the formation of ultra-fine-grained structures after ten cycles.

     

Grain Refinement in a Low Carbon Steel Through Multidirectional Forging

 Grain refinement is one of the successful and low-cost methods to develop metals having excellent combination of strength and ductility. Low carbon steel was deformed by using multidirectional forging (MDF) technique at room temperature. The influence of strain amount and annealing process on the microstructure and mechanical properties of investigated steel was studied. The grain refinement mechanism was studied by the microstructure observation. The results showed that the grain refinement was attained by multidirectional forging technique. The initial coarser grains of average 38 μm size fragmented into very fine ferrite with grain sizes of about 1.2 μm. After MDF, the strength properties improved significantly, although uniform elongation and elongation decreased with increasing strain.     

镁及镁合金晶粒细化的研究现状

叙述了镁及镁合金晶粒细化的几种方法，即合金化法、变质处理法、固态变形处理法、半固态成形法、快速凝固法及熔体搅拌法等。细化镁合金晶粒尺寸能显著提高其力学性能．这对推广镁合金的应用具有重要意义。     

Review of Grain Refinement of Cast Metals Through Inoculation: Theories and Developments

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - The inoculation method of grain refinement is widely used in research and industry. Because of its commercial and engineering importance, extensive...