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Alloy Thermal Physical Property Prediction Coupled Computational Thermodynamics with Back Diffusion Consideration

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Simulation technologies are applied extensively in casting industries to understand the heat transfer and fluid transport phenomena and their relationships to the microstructure and the formation of defects. It is critical to have accurate thermo-physical properties as input for reliable simulations of the complex solidification and solid phase transformation processes. The thermo-physical properties can be calculated with the help of thermodynamic calculations of phase stability at given temperatures and compositions. A multicomponent alloy solidification model, coupled with a Gibbs free energy minimization engine and thermodynamic databases, has been developed. A back diffusion model is integrated so that the solidification conditions, such as cooling rate, can be taken into account.

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Guo, J., Samonds, M.T. Alloy Thermal Physical Property Prediction Coupled Computational Thermodynamics with Back Diffusion Consideration. J Phs Eqil and Diff 28, 58–63 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11669-006-9005-6

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