Effect of Melt Treatment on Microstructure Evolution and Coarsening Mechanism of A356 Al Alloy During Cooling Slope Rheoprocessing

Das, P (2023) Effect of Melt Treatment on Microstructure Evolution and Coarsening Mechanism of A356 Al Alloy During Cooling Slope Rheoprocessing. In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science .

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Abstract

Abstract: The present study reports the effect of melt treatment, i.e., grain refiner (0.15 wt pct of Al–5Ti–1B) and modifier (0.1 wt pct of Al–10Sr) addition on microstructure formation mechanism of A356 Al alloy, processed at semi-solid state. The semi-solid processing is performed here adopting rheoprocessing route, which involves cooling slope processing and subsequent isothermal holding of the generated slurry. Melt treatment prior to slurry generation shows pronounced effect over the morphology of primary solid (Al) and eutectic Si particles, and to quantify that, shape and size of both the particle types are measured in the present work. Moreover, based on the insight obtained in the present study, possible slurry microstructure formation mechanisms, at the onset of melt treatment, are proposed. Furthermore, mathematical model of primary Al formation and its coarsening is developed within the scope of the present work, based on the experimental findings. Understanding of microstructure formation mechanism as well as the developed mathematical correlations between process variables and slurry morphology are found to be helpful to establish process control during Rheo pressure die casting of the generated slurry, to develop automobile, aviation components. Graphical Abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science
Publisher:	Springer
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to Springer.
Keywords:	Aluminum alloys; Coarsening; Die casting; Mathematical morphology; Ostwald ripening, A356 Al alloy; Coarsening mechanisms; Cooling slopes; Evolution mechanism; Formation mechanism; Grain refiner; Melt treatments; Microstructure coarsening; Microstructure evolutions; Microstructure formation, Morphology
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	18 Apr 2023 10:57
Last Modified:	18 Apr 2023 10:57
URI:	https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/81345

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