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Modelling the Metallurgical Reactions during Homogenisation of an AA3103 Alloy

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The as cast microstructure of a DC cast AA3103 alloy consists of equiaxed grains with a cellular structure. The periphery of the cells contains high volume fractions of intermetallic phases and there are large variations in the solid solution level across the cells. During a typical homogenisation heat treatment the material is heated at 50 to l00(degrees)C/hour up to a temperature of 500-600(degrees)C and held there for some hours. The material is then cooled to room temperature (extrusion ingot) or fed into the hot-rolling mill (sheet ingot). A model for the metallurgical reactions occurring in this system is constructed based on a cylindrical cell geometry. The as cast microstructure is adopted from a solidification model (Alstruc) that predicts the micro segregation, the volume fraction and the composition of the primary phases. A thermodynamic description of the two phases Al6(Mn,Fe) and Al15(Mn,Fe)3Si is proposed, assuming matrix to be a dilute solution and the phases to be regular solutions. Fe and Mn are allowed to Subscriptstitute each other completely. Precipitation, growth and coarsening of the phases are modelled individually in each position across the cell, each particle is designated to a size class and infinite diffusion is assumed inside particles. Diffusion across the cell is accounted for. Model results are compared with measured number density and size distribution of precipitates and electrical conductivity.

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    Arild Håkonsen, Steinar Benum, Tanja Pettersen & Trond Furu

  2. Institute for Energy Technology, N-2027 Kjeller, Norway

    Dag Mortensen

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  1. Grandfield Technology Pty Ltd, Australia

    John F. Grandfield Bachelor, M.Sc., Ph.D. (director, adjunct professor) (director, adjunct professor)

  2. High Temperature Processing Group, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

    John F. Grandfield Bachelor, M.Sc., Ph.D. (director, adjunct professor) (director, adjunct professor)

  3. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy, Russia

    Dmitry G. Eskin Ph.D. (Senior Scientist, Professor in Solidification Research) (Senior Scientist, Professor in Solidification Research)

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    Dmitry G. Eskin Ph.D. (Senior Scientist, Professor in Solidification Research) (Senior Scientist, Professor in Solidification Research)

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Håkonsen, A., Mortensen, D., Benum, S., Pettersen, T., Furu, T. (2016). Modelling the Metallurgical Reactions during Homogenisation of an AA3103 Alloy. In: Grandfield, J.F., Eskin, D.G. (eds) Essential Readings in Light Metals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48228-6_130

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