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Abstract
An in situ Mg2 Si/AlSiCu composite with semisolid structure was fabricated by cooling slope cast and partial remelting process. The as-cast
microstructure, and effect of isothermal holding time on the morphology, size and shape factor of the grains were investigated. The results show
that the morphology of primary Mg2 Si and -Al grains in the composite are globular and/or elliptic after partial remelting process. The size and
shape factor of -Al grains increase with the isothermal holding time.
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Keywords: Semisolid; Aluminum; Composites; Microstructure; Magnesium silicide
1. Introduction
It has been well known that semisolid processing (SSP) has a
lot of significant advantages over conventional casting, such as
minimizing the macrosegregation and solidification shrinkage
and reducing the forming temperature. The key that permits the
semisolid alloys to shape is the absence of dendritic morphology
of the solid phase [1]. The typical non-dendritic microstructure needed is constituted of solid phase globules suspended in
the liquid phase. The thixotropic effect of the semisolid alloys
allows them to be handled as a massive solid and to attain fluidlike properties when sheared during shaping [2]. Many different
routes have been used to produce non-dendritic microstructure,
such as magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stirring, spray forming,
strain induced melt activated (SIMA)/recrystallisation and partial melting (RAP), liquidus/near-liquidus casting etc. [38].
Recently, Czerwinski [911] investigated the fabrication of
semisolid Mg alloys components by injection molding process.
Kleiner et al. [12] studied the formation of semisolid MgAlZn
alloy by extruded method. Wu et al. [13] constructed a model on
growth morphology of semisolid metals, using solidification and
flow speed of the liquid as variations affecting the morphology
of crystals. Among all the techniques of SSP, the cooling slope
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doi:10.1016/j.msea.2006.08.074
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Table 1
Chemical compositions of the Mg2 Si/Al composite (wt.%)
Materials
Al
Mg
Si
Cu
Cr
Zn
Ni
Fe
AlSiMgCu
Bal.
13.276
11.281
3.523
<0.005
<0.023
<0.001
0.325
size and area of the primary solid phase were analyzed statistically by a quantitative analysis system (Omnimet Imaging
Systems-Buehler, USA).
3. Results and discussion
Fig. 1. Technical schematic diagram of the cooling slope cast and partial remelting, adopted from [15].
Fig. 2. As-cast microstructures of Mg2 Si/Al composites by (a) the normal cast (adopted from [8]) and (b) the cooling slope cast.
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Fig. 3. Semisolid microstructures of the Mg2 Si/Al composite by the cooling slope cast with different isothermal holding time of (a) 30 min, (b) 60 min, (c) 180 min
and (d) 600 min.
Fig. 4. Metallographs of the composites with the isothermal time of (a) 180 min and (b) 600 min, showing the -Al smaller grains.
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Fig. 5. The relationship of the mean size of -Al grains and the holding time.
Fig. 6. Relationship of the shaper factor of the -Al grains ant the holding time.
ing time, the higher curvature part of the solid particle will be
dissolved, and leading to the increase of the F0 . Finally, the process reaches to a dynamic equilibrium and the shape factor of
the grains will not change.
4A0
F0 =
P02
4. Conclusion
The semisolid structure of in situ Mg2 Si/Al composite is
successfully produced by the cooling slope cast and partial
remelting process. The results show that: (a) the morphology
of primary Mg2 Si phase is globular and/or elliptic not changing
obviously with increase in the isothermal holding time; (b) with
increase in the isothermal holding time from 30 to 600 min, the
mean size of -Al grains increases from 50 to 150 m, and its
morphology becomes more globular; (c) the shape factor of the
-Al solid particles rapidly from 0.51 to 0.69 with the holding
time from 30 to 60 min.
Acknowledgements
(1)
This work is supported by The Project 985-Automotive Engineering of Jilin University and The Innovation and Invention
Foundation of Jilin University (2003CX029).
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