Understanding grain refining and anti Si-poisoning effect in Al-10Si/Al-5Nb-B system

Grain refinement is critical for fabricating high-quality Al-Si casting components in the application of automobile and aerospace industries,while the well-known Si-poisoning effect makes it difficult.Nbbased refiners offer an effective method to refine Al-Si casting alloys,but their anti Si-poisoning capability is far from being understood.In this work,the grain refining mechanism and the anti Si-poisoning effect in the Al-10 Si/Al-5 Nb-B system were systematically investigated by combining transmission electron microscope,first-principles calculations,and thermodynamic calculations.It is revealed that NbB₂provides the main nucleation site in the Al-10 Si ingot inoculated by 0.1 wt.%Nb Al-5 Nb-B refiner.The exposed Nb atoms on the(0001)NbB₂and(1-100)NbB₂surface can be substituted by Al to form(Al,Nb)B₂intermedia layers.In addition,a layer of NbAl₃-like compound(NbAl₃')can cover the surface of NbB₂with the orientation relation of(1-100)[11-20]NbB_2//(110)[110]NbAl₃'.Both of the(Al,Nb)B₂and NbAl₃'intermedia layers contribute to enhancing the nucleation potency of NbB₂particles.These discoveries provide fundamental insight to the grain refining mechanism of the Nb-B based refiners for Al-Si casting alloys and are expected to guide the future development of stronger refiners for Al-Si casting alloys.     

Structure modification of rapidly solidified Al-11 wt% Si alloy by the addition of 2 wt% Fe

An investigation of the structure formation of as-cast Al-11 wt% Si (AlSi11) and Al-11 wt% Si-2 wt% Fe (AlSi11Fe2) rapidly solidified (RS) ribbons is performed. Ribbon samples are examined in detail using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). A nanoscale thickness layer of Si-precipitations, at both Al-grains boundary and oxide/Al-matrix interface, is found to be characteristic for “pure” AlSi11 ribbons. For Fe-doped ribbons, this layer comprises Fe-containing phase also, which appears to possess amorphous nature and is situated between the Si-grains and Al-matrix. A possible mechanism of altering the thermally activated volume diffusion of elements, due to the effect of Fe on the structure modification, is speculated based on the obtained results.     

过共晶Al－Si合金共生区激光表面处理

用２ｋＷ连续ＣＯ２激光对过共晶Ａｌ－１８Ｓｉ合金以不同能量密度和扫描速度进行快速熔凝处理。用扫描电镜、电子微区分析仪分析了微观结构。从计算机对Ａｌ－Ｓｉ合金ｆ－ｎｆ系统的非平衡理论计算所得的共生区及实验结果的分析可见，当能量密度和扫描速度决定的凝固条件处于共生区中部时，过共晶Ａｌ－Ｓｉ合金激光表面处理可以得到共晶间距低于２００ｎｍ的完全共晶结构。     

过共晶铝硅合金细化初晶硅的研究

研究了ZL8604过共晶铝硅合金初晶硅细化剂和加入方式与加入量以及影响细化效果的冶铸工艺因素,实验结果达到了技术指标要求。     

稀土和磷复合变质对过共晶铝——硅合金硅晶体形貌与力学性能的影响

采用扫描电镜、Ｘ射线衍射、材料性能检测等实验手段对复合变质处理后的过共晶铝硅合金显微组织、形貌和力学性能进行了分析。结果表明：磷和稀土复合变质后，使粗大块状、条状的初晶硅的尺寸明显缩小且棱角钝化；较大针状的共晶硅变为颗粒状，使显微组织明显细化，从而导致过共晶铝硅合金的力学性能显著提高。     

Research and Applications of Semi-solid Processing

Since it was pioneered by Flemings and otherresearchers [11, the semi-solid metal processingtechnique has been widely stUdied in the world.Especially in the past decade, SSM as a newproduct forming technique has been rapidly developed and put into commercial applications[2, 31. In recent years, with the development ofthe ado-industry of China, a lot of researchwork on SSM has been done, including the preparation of slumes, reheating and thixoforming[Al6]; moreover, great achievements have …     

低熔点Cu-P基中间合金及其变质效果

利用差示扫描量热仪(DSC)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和金相显微镜等手段对Cu-P基中间合金进行了研究。结果表明，在二元共晶Cu-P中间合金中加入一定量的Sn可制成低熔点的Cu-16Sn-8P中间合金；在此基础上研制出一种熔点为630℃左右的低熔点的多元Cu-P基中间合金。与Cu-P中间合金相比，该低熔点多元Cu-P基中间合金对过共晶AI-24Si合金具有更好的变质效果。同时，该中间合金对ZL109合金也具有良好的变质效果。     

快速凝固铝硅合金粉末加热过程中硅颗粒的粗化行为

利用差示扫描量热仪(DSC)、电子显微镜等设备对Al-12.8%Si合金粉末的原始状态及热处理后的状态进行了分析。发现其显微组织有两个连续的变化过程:在156℃时,固溶在基体Al中的过饱和Si开始析出,并在340℃发生粗化,随着加热温度的升高,粗化现象仍然存在。另外,对Si颗粒的粗化机理进行了研究,发现其粗化符合经典的LSW理论。     

稀土La对Al-Si合金复合材料凝固组织与溶质偏析的影响

利用挤压铸造法制备了Al2O3/Al-Si-La复合材料;研究了稀土La对复合材料凝固组织以及基体合金凝固时溶质偏析的影响。结果表明,稀土La可细化基体合金的凝固组织,La富集在界面附近,有利于改善铝合金液对氧化铝短纤维的润湿性,但是未发现任何富稀土相在界面上形成。稀土La对基体合金中镁的偏聚没有明显的影响,镁和稀土La均在界面处富集,且它们的分布位置大致近似。     

对3种典型铝硅合金熔体温度处理的对比分析

对3种典型成分的铝硅合金(Al-20%Si、Al-12%Si和Al-7%Si)进行了熔体温度处理凝固组织变化规律的比较研究.结果表明: 在Al-12%Si共晶合金熔体处理组织中存在α枝晶与初晶硅共存以及α枝晶在一定处理条件下可以完全消失的现象; 3种成分Al-Si合金的α枝晶及初晶硅的形态尺寸随过热温度、静置时间增加出现周期性的变化规律, 出现最小尺寸的温度、时间并不完全一致; 熔体温度处理对Al-7%Si中枝晶大小、形态等有一定影响, 但细化效果不明显.在铝硅合金中, 硅原子微观有序团簇和铝有序偏聚原子团簇可能存在于不同的温度区间, 铝有序偏聚原子团簇存在的温度区间更靠近温度轴, 硅原子微观有序团簇具有比铝有序偏聚原子团簇更强的结合能.