Cooling curve analysis in binary Al-Cu alloys: Part II- Effect of Cooling Rate and Grain Refinement on The Thermal and Thermodynamic Characteristics

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

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Mehdi Dehnavi¹  Mohsen Haddad-Sabzevar¹  Mohamad Hasan Avazkonnadeh-Gharavol¹ 

[1] Department of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

关键词: Thermal Analysis;    Latent Heat;    Computer-Aided Cooling Curve Analysis;    Grain Refinement;   

DOI  :  10.30544/81

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Association of Metallurgical Engineers of Serbia

【 摘 要 】

The Al-Cu alloys have been widely used in aerospace, automobile, and airplane applications. Generally Al–Ti and Al–Ti–B master alloys are added to the aluminium alloys for grain refinement. The cooling curve analysis (CCA) has been used extensively in metal casting industry to predict microstructure constituents, grain refinement and to calculate the latent heat of solidification. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of cooling rate and grain refinement on the thermal and thermodynamic characteristics of Al-Cu alloys by cooling curve analysis. To do this, Al-Cu alloys containing 3.7, and 4.8 wt.% Cu were melted and solidified with 0.04, 0.19, 0.42, and 1.08 K/s cooling rates. The temperature of the samples was recorded using a K thermocouple and a data acquisition system connected to a PC. Some samples were Grain refined by Al-5Ti-1B to see the effect of grain refinement on the aforementioned properties. The results show that, in a well refined alloy, nucleation will occur in a shorter time, and a undercooling approximately decreases to zero. The other results show that, with considering the cooling rate being around 0.1 °C/s, the Newtonian method is efficient in calculating the latent heat of solidification.

【 授权许可】

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