Castle, EG, Mullis, AM and Cochrane, RF (2014) Mechanism selection for spontaneous grain refinement in undercooled metallic melts. Acta Materialia, 77. 76 - 84. ISSN 1359-6454
Abstract
In a previous paper (Castle et al., 2014) [17], we employed a melt fluxing technique to study the velocity-undercooling relationship and microstructural development of a Cu-8.9 wt.% Ni alloy in order to investigate the fundamental mechanism behind the rapid solidification phenomenon of "spontaneous grain refinement". A number of growth transitions were identified with increasing undercooling, including an extended dendrite orientation transition through: fully 〈1 0 0〉-oriented → multiply twinned, mixed 〈1 0 0〉/〈1 1 1〉-oriented → fully 〈1 1 1〉-oriented. Here, we present the results of an identical study of a Cu-Ni alloy of lower Ni content and observe a similar set of growth transitions, with some notable differences. In particular, three distinct grain refinement mechanisms have been observed between the two alloys, including: recrystallization, dendrite fragmentation and dendritic seaweed fragmentation. It appears that the mechanism selected depends strongly upon the original growth structure present, which we suggest is dictated by the balance between the capillary and kinetic anisotropies; with the addition of Ni to Cu either increasing the strength of the kinetic anisotropy, decreasing the strength of the capillary anisotropy, or a combination of both. The unambiguous identification of three different spontaneous grain refinement mechanisms in two closely related alloys is significant as it may help to resolve some of the debate surrounding the "true" grain refinement mechanism.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2014, Elsevier. NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Acta Materialia. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Acta Materialia, 77, 2014, 10.1016/j.actamat.2014.05.043 |
Keywords: | Rapid solidification; Undercooling; Dendrite growth; Dendrite orientation transition; Spontaneous grain refinement |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) > Institute for Materials Research (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2014 09:40 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2018 14:10 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2014.05.043 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.actamat.2014.05.043 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:79856 |