Transient solidification of alloys of the monotectic AI-Bi, AI-Pb and AI-In systems / Solidificação transitória de ligas dos sistemas monotéticos AI-Bi, AI-Pb e AI-In

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

28/04/2011

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Aluminum alloys dispersed with bismuth, lead and indium show promising applications in wear­resistant automotive components. Such dispersions of low melting temperature elements decrease hardness and flow easily under sliding conditions, resulting in favorable tribological behavior. Much research has been devoted in order to better comprehend the distinct morphologies obtained by monotectic reactions. Some researches assume that the interphase spacing evolution in monotectic alloys follows the classical relationship used for eutectics: ?2v = C, or the dendritic growth relationship ?.va.Gb = C, where v is the solidification velocity and C a constant value for both cases, G is the thermal gradient and a and b are constants. Such studies have used Bridgman type het resistance furnaces to produce the directionally solidified monotectic samples. There is a lack of consistent studies on the microstructural development of monotectic alloys during transient heat flowconditions, which are of prime importance since this class of heat flow encompasses the majority of solidification industrial processes. In the present study, directional unsteady-state solidification experiments were carried out with hypomonotectic Al-0.9wt%Pb and Al-5.5wt%In, monotectic Al-1.2wt%Pb and hypermonotectic Al-5.0wt%Bi, Al-7.0wt%Bi and Al-2.1wt%Pb alloys, besides the macrosegregation analysis of the monotectic Al-3.2wt%Bi alloy. Thermal parameters such as the growth rate, cooling rate and thermal gradient were experimentally determined by cooling curves recorded along the casting length. The microstructural evolution was characterized by metallography and the spacings were correlated with the thermal parameters. It is show that the ?2v = C growth law is valid only for the cases where there is a morphology of solute particles irregularly arranged in the matrix and it is not applied on the cases where a cellular monotectic front or fibers and strings of pearls morphologies were observed. On the other hand, ?.va.Gb = C law seems to be able to characterize all the upward cases. The increase in the alloy solute content and induced convective flow affected the morphologies of the resulting phases, the magnitude of the interphase spacing and the diameters of the solute-rich particles

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solidificação microstructure solidification convecção ligas de aluminio convection microestrutura aluminium alloys

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