Grain refining mechanism in the Al/Al-Ti-B system

被引：475

作者：

Fan, Z. ^{[1
]}

Wang, Y. ^{[1
]}

Zhang, Y. ^{[1
]}

Qin, T. ^{[1
]}

Zhou, X. R. ^{[2
]}

Thompson, G. E. ^{[2
]}

Pennycook, T. ^{[3
,4
]}

Hashimoto, T. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Brunel Univ, BCAST, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, Middx, England

[2] Univ Manchester, Sch Mat, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England

[3] STFC Daresbury Labs, SuperSTEM, Warrington WA4 4AD, Cheshire, England

[4] Univ Oxford, Dept Mat, Oxford OX1 3PH, England

来源：

ACTA MATERIALIA | 2015年 / 84卷

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

Grain refinement; Nucleation; Aluminum; TiB2; Interfacial layer; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; ALUMINUM-ALLOYS; REFINEMENT; SIZE; AL; MODEL; TITANIUM; PARTICLES; POTENCY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.actamat.2014.10.055

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Al-Ti-B is the most widely used grain refiner for many Al alloys. However, the precise mechanism of grain refinement is still not clear after 60 years of intensive research. This work aims to further our understanding on the grain refining mechanism involving Al-Ti-B-based grain refiners. Extensive high-resolution electron microscopy investigation has confirmed the existence of a Ti-rich monolayer on the (0 0 0 1) TiB2 surface, which is most likely to be a (1 1 2) Al3Ti two-dimensional compound (2DC). Further experimental investigation was carried out to understand the potency of TiB2 particles and the stability of the Al3Ti 2DC. Our results showed that the potency of TiB2 particles is significantly increased by the formation of a monolayer of Al3Ti 2DC on their surface. The Al3Ti 2DC forms at the liquid-Al/TiB2 interface in concentrated Al-Ti solutions, but dissolves in dilute Al-Ti solutions, although the kinetics of both the formation and dissolution of Al3Ti 2DC are relatively sluggish. Effective grain refinement by the Al-5Ti-1B grain refiner is directly attributed to the enhanced potency of TiB2 particles with the Al3Ti 2DC and sufficient free Ti solute in the melt after grain refiner addition to achieve the columnar-to-equiaxed transition. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc.

引用

页码：292 / 304

页数：13

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