Journal article
Evolution of near-equiaxed microstructure in the semisolid state
Materials science & engineering. A, Structural materials : properties, microstructure and processing, v 289(1), pp 228-240
2000
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Abstract
The microstructure of alloys with a near-equiaxed microstructure, produced by spray casting, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) casting and the stress induced, melt activated (SIMA) process, as it evolves within short times in the semisolid state, is examined by rapid quenching and isothermal soaking experiments. Quenching experiments reveal the morphology and distribution of solid phase at high and medium volume fractions of liquid. At medium liquid content, the microstructure of spray-cast and SIMA alloys consists of discrete equiaxed grains uniformly dispersed in the liquid phase, while the corresponding microstructure of MHD-cast alloys exhibits extensive agglomerates consisting of incompletely spheroidized grains. The connectivity of solid phase and the formation of a solid skeleton in the semisolid state are discussed in terms of grain misorientation. Isothermal soaking experiments investigated grain growth and degree of spheroidization as a function of soaking time and liquid content in the semisolid state. Results demonstrated that MHD-cast microstructures are less equiaxed compared with SIMA and spray-cast alloys even after 5 min of soaking in the semisolid state. It is also shown that the grain growth rate is smaller in spray-cast alloys than in SIMA alloys. The role of coalescence and the effects of alloying elements are also discussed.
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- Title
- Evolution of near-equiaxed microstructure in the semisolid state
- Creators
- Evangelos Tzimas - Drexel UniversityAntonios Zavaliangos - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Materials science & engineering. A, Structural materials : properties, microstructure and processing, v 289(1), pp 228-240
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000088628300026
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0034274751
- Other Identifier
- 991019168556404721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology