Undercooling-Induced macrosegregation in directional solidification |
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Authors: | Henry C de Groh |
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Affiliation: | (1) NASA Lewis Research Center, 44135 Cleveland, OH |
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Abstract: | The accepted primary mechanism for causing macrosegregation in directional solidification (DS) is thermal and solutal convection
in the liquid. This article demonstrates the effects of under-cooling and nucleation on macrosegregation and shows that undercooling,
in some cases, can be the cause of end-to-end macrosegregation. Alloy ingots of Pb-Sn were directionally solidified upward
and downward, with and without undercooling. A thermal gradient of about 5.1 K/cm and a cooling rate of 7.7 K/h were used.
Crucibles of borosilicate glass, stainless steel with Cu bottoms, and fused silica were used. High undercoolings were achieved
in the glass crucibles, and very low undercoolings were achieved in the steel/Cu crucible. During under-cooling, large, coarse
Pb dendrites were found to be present. Large amounts of macrosegregation developed in the undercooled eutectic and hypoeutectic
alloys. This segre-gation was found to be due to the nucleation and growth of primary Pb-rich dendrites, continued coarsening
of Pb dendrites during undercooling of the interdendritic liquid, Sn enrichment of the liquid, and dendritic fragmentation
and settling during and after recalescence. Eutectic ingots that solidified with no undercooling had no macrosegregation,
because both Pb and Sn phases were effectively nucleated at the start of solidification, thus initiating the growth of solid
of eutectic composition. It is thus shown that undercooling and single-phase nucleation can cause significant macrosegregation
by increasing the amount of solute rejected into the liquid and by the movement of unattached dendrites and dendrite fragments,
and that macrosegregation in excess of what would be expected due to diffusion transport is not necessarily caused by convection
in the liquid. |
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