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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Volume 380, Issue 2217, Pages -Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0327
Keywords
metastable extension of liquidus and solidus lines; sharp interface model; electromagnetic levitation; (highly) undercooled melt; rapid solidification; calphad method
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- German Space Center Space Management [50WM1541]
- German Science Foundation (DFG) [1142/11-1]
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The thermodynamic description of the fcc phase in the Al-Cu system has been revised to predict metastable fcc/liquid phase equilibria. Experimental and modeling results were used to determine solidus and liquidus concentrations and to validate the new description. The methodology can be applied to other alloy systems.
The thermodynamic description of the fcc phase in the Al-Cu system has been revised, allowing for the prediction of metastable fcc/liquid phase equilibria to undercoolings of Delta T = 421 K below the eutectic temperature. Hypoeutectic Al-Cu alloys that are prone to pronounced microsegregation were solidified containerlessly in electromagnetic levitation. Solidus and liquidus concentrations were experimentally determined from highly undercooled samples employing energy-dispersive X-ray analysis. Solid concentrations at a rapidly propagating solid/liquid interface were additionally calculated using a sharp interface model that considers all undercoolings and is based on solvability theory. Modelling results (front velocity versus undercooling) were also corroborated by in situ observation with a high-speed camera. A newly established thermodynamic description of the fcc phase in Al-Cu is compatible with existing CALPHAD-type databases. Inconsistencies of previous descriptions such as a miscibility gap between Al-fcc and Cu-fcc on the Al-rich side, an unrealistic curvature of the solidus line in the same composition range or an azeotropic point near the melting point of Cu, are amended in the new description. The procedure to establish the description of phase equilibria at high undercoolings can be transferred to other alloy systems and is of a general nature. This article is part of the theme issue 'Transport phenomena in complex systems (part 2)'.
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