Abstract
Aluminum AA6005 sheet produced by Thin Strip (TS) casting was compared to the slabs produced by Direct Chill casting in the as-cast state. Higher cooling rates experienced before, during, and after the solidification for the TS cast sheet showed a finer grain size, smaller secondary dendritic arm spacing, improved solute supersaturation, and a lack of \(\hbox {Mg}_{{2}}\)Si constituents at the grain boundary. These findings showed the effects of cooling rate in the casting process on the as-cast microstructure and provided a basis for further heat-treatment optimization of the TS cast sheet.
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We would like to thank Hazelett CASTechnology™ for financial and technical support for materials processing via casting, rolling and heat treatments. We would like to acknowledge the financial support from the Mitacs Accelerate Program, Grant No. IT17218, which was essential for the accomplishment of the Project objectives.
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Yin, S., Howells, A., Lloyd, D.J. et al. Thin Strip vs Direct Chill Casting: The Effects of Casting Cooling Rate on the As-cast Microstructure of AA6005 Al–Si–Mg Alloy. Metall Mater Trans A 53, 1928–1933 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-022-06675-5
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