Rapid solidification in undercooled Ni-18.7 at.%Sn eutectic melts was observed in-situ by a high-speed high-resolution camera and the microstructures were characterized in detail by electron backscattering diffraction...Rapid solidification in undercooled Ni-18.7 at.%Sn eutectic melts was observed in-situ by a high-speed high-resolution camera and the microstructures were characterized in detail by electron backscattering diffraction.For the first time,the exact crystallographic orientation relations(ORs)between HCP-Ni_(3)Sn(α-Ni)subsets were analyzed.For HCP-Ni_(3)Sn,the{1121}<1126>and/or{1122}<1123>twin ORs(i.e.,HCP-Ni_(3)Sn twins)hold independently on undercooling,whereas forα-Ni,the{111}<112>twin OR is the case at low undercooling and would hold initially at intermediate and high undercooling.The roles of twinning and allotropy transformation(i.e.,FCC-Ni_(3)Sn→HCP-Ni_(3)Sn)were integrated to reveal the formation mechanism of HCP-Ni_(3)Sn twins,and a reversed OR transition analysis was carried out for rep-resentative samples from low to high undercooling.Consequently,novel twin-assisted eutectic growth was found to occur all along.On this basis,we showed that the single nucleation mode of Herlach is followed,and speculated that primary and secondary coupled eutectic dendrite growth and un-coupled growth ofα-Ni and FCC-Ni_(3)Sn might all be the origins of anomalous eutectics.This work would shed some lights on the long-time controversies about the nucleation mode and the formation mechanism of anomalous eutectics in undercooled eutectic alloys.展开更多
One dimensional(1D) and three dimensional(3D) ultrasound sources were applied to the solidification process of Mg_(71.5)Zn_(26.1)Y_(2.4) alloy.The acoustic spectra were in-situ measured, based on which the cavitation ...One dimensional(1D) and three dimensional(3D) ultrasound sources were applied to the solidification process of Mg_(71.5)Zn_(26.1)Y_(2.4) alloy.The acoustic spectra were in-situ measured, based on which the cavitation intensities and dynamic solidification mechanism were further investigated. With the increase of ultrasonic dimension and amplitude, the primary Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y phase was significantly refined from petals to nearly pentagonal shape. The sound field measurements showed that the transient cavitation played a decisive role in generating a high local undercooling, which facilitated the formation of icosahedral clusters and promoted the nucleation of primary Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y phase. The morphological transition of(α-Mg+Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y) eutectic from lamellar to anomalous structure occurred under 3D ultrasonic condition. The stable cavitation took the main responsibility because the high pressure excited by nonlinearly oscillating bubbles induced the preferential nucleation of α-Mg phase rather than Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y phase. As compared with its static values, the tensile strength and compression plasticity of this alloy were increased by the factors of 1.9 and 2.1, and its corrosion resistance was also improved with the corrosion current density decreased by one order of magnitude.展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51975474)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.3102019JC001)Haifeng Wang is very grateful to Prof.D.M.Herlach(1949-2022)for his inspiring suggestions and continuous support on the work of rapid solidification.
文摘Rapid solidification in undercooled Ni-18.7 at.%Sn eutectic melts was observed in-situ by a high-speed high-resolution camera and the microstructures were characterized in detail by electron backscattering diffraction.For the first time,the exact crystallographic orientation relations(ORs)between HCP-Ni_(3)Sn(α-Ni)subsets were analyzed.For HCP-Ni_(3)Sn,the{1121}<1126>and/or{1122}<1123>twin ORs(i.e.,HCP-Ni_(3)Sn twins)hold independently on undercooling,whereas forα-Ni,the{111}<112>twin OR is the case at low undercooling and would hold initially at intermediate and high undercooling.The roles of twinning and allotropy transformation(i.e.,FCC-Ni_(3)Sn→HCP-Ni_(3)Sn)were integrated to reveal the formation mechanism of HCP-Ni_(3)Sn twins,and a reversed OR transition analysis was carried out for rep-resentative samples from low to high undercooling.Consequently,novel twin-assisted eutectic growth was found to occur all along.On this basis,we showed that the single nucleation mode of Herlach is followed,and speculated that primary and secondary coupled eutectic dendrite growth and un-coupled growth ofα-Ni and FCC-Ni_(3)Sn might all be the origins of anomalous eutectics.This work would shed some lights on the long-time controversies about the nucleation mode and the formation mechanism of anomalous eutectics in undercooled eutectic alloys.
基金financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos.52088101 and 52130405)Basic Research Project of Shaanxi Natural Science Foundation (no: 2021JCW-09 and 2023-JC-JQ-28)Key R&D Plan of Shaanxi Province-Key Industrial Innovation Chain Project (no: 2020ZDLGY13-03)。
文摘One dimensional(1D) and three dimensional(3D) ultrasound sources were applied to the solidification process of Mg_(71.5)Zn_(26.1)Y_(2.4) alloy.The acoustic spectra were in-situ measured, based on which the cavitation intensities and dynamic solidification mechanism were further investigated. With the increase of ultrasonic dimension and amplitude, the primary Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y phase was significantly refined from petals to nearly pentagonal shape. The sound field measurements showed that the transient cavitation played a decisive role in generating a high local undercooling, which facilitated the formation of icosahedral clusters and promoted the nucleation of primary Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y phase. The morphological transition of(α-Mg+Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y) eutectic from lamellar to anomalous structure occurred under 3D ultrasonic condition. The stable cavitation took the main responsibility because the high pressure excited by nonlinearly oscillating bubbles induced the preferential nucleation of α-Mg phase rather than Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y phase. As compared with its static values, the tensile strength and compression plasticity of this alloy were increased by the factors of 1.9 and 2.1, and its corrosion resistance was also improved with the corrosion current density decreased by one order of magnitude.
