Journal
MATERIALS
Volume 12, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma12111836
Keywords
temperature; microstructure; semi-solid slug; interfacial heat transfer coefficient; coating; rheocasting
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Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFB0301001]
- Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission [KQJSCX20170328155402991, KQTD20170328154443162]
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Application of a coating on a mold surface is widely used in the foundry industry. Changes in coating change the heat transfer at the mold-melt interface, which influences the microstructure of the casting. In this study, the effect of boron nitride coating thickness on the interfacial heat transfer and slug microstructure in the Swirled Enthalpy Equilibration Device (SEED) process was investigated. The temperatures of the semi-solid slug and mold were measured, and the interfacial heat transfer coefficient and heat flux of the mold-slug interface was estimated based on these data. Microstructures of the quenched slugs were also examined. The results indicated that the interfacial heat transfer coefficient decreased with an increase in coating thickness and was sensitive to a coating thickness of less than 0.1 mm. The interfacial heat flux decreased sharply at the early stage, and then slowed down as the swirling time increased and the coating thickened. The coating thickness affected the temperature evolution of the slug at the early stage of the SEED process. As the coating thickness increased from near zero to 1.0 mm, the grain size of the slug increased by 20 mu m and the globular structure of the slug transformed into a dendritic structure.
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