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METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 50A, Issue 11, Pages 5242-5252Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11661-019-05447-y
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- U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/N007638/1]
- EPSRC [EP/N007638/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Primary grain refinement using inoculant additions and intermetallic compound (IMC) phase selection are critical aspects in the solidification of commercial aluminum alloys, controlling the final mechanical properties in service. Although there have been studies which suggest there are explicit interactions between the two phenomena, they have yet to be fully elucidated. Here, through study of intermetallic phase particles extracted from an inoculated casting, key features relating to the nucleation of different intermetallic phases via eutectic reactions are recognized and explained. In particular, rake-like IMCs are identified as initiation points for the deleterious beta-AlFeSi IMC phase in a model 6xxx series Al alloy. A mechanism is proposed for how TiB2 inoculant particles, which are commonly used for primary phase refinement, play a role in enhancing the nucleation of intermetallic phases during eutectic reactions at the liquid/alpha-Al interface in the final stages of solidification. The implication of this mechanism is that, after the event of primary grain refinement, any unused TiB2 inoculant particles could be contributing to IMC formation thereby affecting the overall type, size, and distribution of intermetallic phases in the solidified alloy. (C) The Author(s) 2019
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