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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 148, Issue 3, Pages 1163-1170Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2014.09.041
Keywords
Intermetallic compounds; Solidification; Electron microscopy; Microstructure; Nucleation
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- FEDER/COMPETE funds
- FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology [PTDC/EME-TME/119658/2010]
- [SFRH/BPD/76680/2011]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/EME-TME/119658/2010] Funding Source: FCT
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The effect of applying ultrasonic vibration to the melt during cooling on grain structure, type and morphology of intermetallic compounds in AlSi9Cu3(Fe) alloy was studied, as well as their nucleation mechanism. Detailed intermetallics analysis was performed using a combination of SEM/EDS and XRD techniques in order to obtain the most possible reliable information. Results show that without ultrasonic treatment alpha-Al-17(Fe-3.2, Mn-0.8)Si-2, alpha-Al8Fe2Si, beta-Al9Fe2Si2 and Al2Cu are the intermetallic phases present in the as-cast samples. The application of ultrasonic vibration to the melt during cooling proved to be very effective in converting the alpha-intermetallics with Chinese script morphology to polyhedral crystals, suppressing at the same time the formation of the beta-phase. Moreover, the application of this treatment only changes the morphology of alpha-intermetallics since its stoichiometry remains the same (alpha-Al-17(Fe-3.2, Mn-0.8)Si-2). It was also verified that the application of acoustic energy to the melt promotes the change of alpha-Al grains from dendritic to a more globular structure. The ultrasonic treatment is also effective in promoting the fracture of polyhedral crystals of intermetallic phases, reducing their dimensions and causing their homogenous dispersion in the matrix. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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