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<p>The maximum undercooling that has been achieved for Ni-Cu alloy, by using molten glass purification and cyclic super-heating technology, is 270 K. With the help of high-speed photography, the solidification front images of Ni-Cu alloy at various typical undercooling were obtained. Two grain refinements occurred in the range of 60 K&lt; ΔT &lt; 100 K and ΔT > 170 K, the solidification front became smoother, and the solidification position appeared randomly. With the increase of undercooling, the transition from solute diffusion to thermal diffusion leads to the transition from coarse dendrite to directional fine dendrite. At large undercooling, considerable stress is accumulated and some dislocations exist in the microstructure. However, the proportion of high-angle grain boundaries is as high as 89%, with twin boundaries of 13.6% and most strain-free structures, and the microhardness decreases sharply. This indicates that the accumulated stress at large undercooling causes the plastic strains in the microstructure, and in the later stage of recalescence, part of the plastic strains is dissipated by the system and acts as the driving force to promote the recrystallization of the microstructure.</p>
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The maximum undercooling that has been achieved for Ni-Cu alloy, by using molten glass purification and cyclic super-heating technology, is 270 K. With the help of high-speed photography, the solidification front images of Ni-Cu alloy at various typical undercooling were obtained. Two grain refinements occurred in the range of 60 K< ΔT < 100 K and ΔT > 170 K, the solidification front became smoother, and the solidification position appeared randomly. With the increase of undercooling, the transition from solute diffusion to thermal diffusion leads to the transition from coarse dendrite to directional fine dendrite. At large undercooling, considerable stress is accumulated and some dislocations exist in the microstructure. However, the proportion of high-angle grain boundaries is as high as 89%, with twin boundaries of 13.6% and most strain-free structures, and the microhardness decreases sharply. This indicates that the accumulated stress at large undercooling causes the plastic strains in the microstructure, and in the later stage of recalescence, part of the plastic strains is dissipated by the system and acts as the driving force to promote the recrystallization of the microstructure.

Solidification microstructure in a supercooled binary alloy

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The maximum undercooling that has been achieved for Ni-Cu alloy, by using molten glass purification and cyclic super-heating technology, is 270 K. With the help of high-speed photography, the solidification front images of Ni-Cu alloy at various typical undercooling were obtained. Two grain refinements occurred in the range of 60 K 170 K, the solidification front became smoother, and the solidification position appeared randomly. With the increase of undercooling, the transition from solute diffusion to thermal diffusion leads to the transition from coarse dendrite to directional fine dendrite. At large undercooling, considerable stress is accumulated and some dislocations exist in the microstructure. However, the proportion of high-angle grain boundaries is as high as 89%, with twin boundaries of 13.6% and most strain-free structures, and the microhardness decreases sharply. This indicates that the accumulated stress at large undercooling causes the plastic strains in the microstructure, and in the later stage of recalescence, part of the plastic strains is dissipated by the system and acts as the driving force to promote the recrystallization of the microstructure.

The maximum undercooling that has been achieved for Ni-Cu alloy, by using molten glass purification and cyclic super-heating technology, is 270 K. With the...

Solidification microstructure in a supercooled binary alloy

Published Online: Dec 18, 2021

Page range: 383 - 394

Received: Jun 18, 2021

Accepted: Oct 11, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2021-0031

Keywords
alloy, microstructure, rapid solidification, crystal growth

© 2021 Hongfu Wang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Solidification microstructure in a supercooled binary alloy

Published Online: Dec 18, 2021

Page range: 383 - 394

Received: Jun 18, 2021

Accepted: Oct 11, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2021-0031

Keywordsalloy, microstructure, rapid solidification, crystal growth

© 2021 Hongfu Wang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
alloy, microstructure, rapid solidification, crystal growth