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Microstructure Formation in a Directionally Solidified Immiscible Alloy

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Directional solidification experiments were carried out with an Al-Pb alloy. A model was developed to analyze the microstructure evolution in a directionally solidified immiscible alloy by taking into account the common actions of the nucleation and the diffusional growth/shrinkage of the minority phase droplets (MPDs), the spatial phase segregation, and the convections of the melt. The microstructure formation under the practical situations was calculated. The numerical results agree with the experimental ones well. They demonstrate that the convective flow against the solidification direction causes an increase in the nucleation rate, while the convective flow along the solidification direction causes a decrease in the nucleation rate. The convective flow leads to a more nonuniform distribution of the MPDs in the melt. It causes an increase in the size of the largest MPDs and is against the obtaining of the immiscible alloys with a well-dispersed microstructure.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50671111, 50771097, 50620130095, and 50704032).

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  1. Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110016, People’s Republic of China

    Haili Li (PhD Candidate), Jiuzhou Zhao (Professor), Qinxia Zhang ( M.Sc. Candidate) & Jie He (Assistant Professor)

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Li, H., Zhao, J., Zhang, Q. et al. Microstructure Formation in a Directionally Solidified Immiscible Alloy. Metall Mater Trans A 39, 3308–3316 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-008-9664-5

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