Y. Zhao, J. Zhang, Y. Luo, B. Zhang, G. Sha, Longfei Li, D. Tang, Q. Feng
{"title":"Improvement of Grain Boundary Tolerance by Minor Additions of Hf and B in a Second Generation Single Crystal Superalloy","authors":"Y. Zhao, J. Zhang, Y. Luo, B. Zhang, G. Sha, Longfei Li, D. Tang, Q. Feng","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3289656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3289656","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Nowadays, it is challenging to completely eliminate low angle or high angle grain boundaries (LAGBs or HAGBs) from Nickel-based single crystal (SX) superalloys manufactured using the conventional directional solidification technique. The additions of C, B and Hf have been found to be an effective measure in improving the damage resistance of grain boundary (GB) defects, and thus increasing the creep resistance. However, the strengthening mechanism through their additions is still unclear. In this study, a double-seed solidification technique with two misorientation levels, i.e., 5° and 20°, was used to produce a series of bicrystal superalloys with different contents of Hf and B. It is the first report of an alloy with joint Hf and B addition that demonstrates tolerance to GBs with a misorientation as high as ∼20° under all of the creep conditions: 1100 °C/130 MPa, 980 °C/250 MPa and 760 °C/785 MPa. Interestingly, the effect of individual additions of Hf or B was not as pronounced as that of the joint Hf and B addition. To understand the influence of these additions on the creep mechanism in nickel-based superalloys with GB defects, a detailed characterization of the microstructures in the vicinity of the LAGBs or HAGBs was carried out, and the elemental distribution at the HAGBs was analyzed with various techniques. This study will be beneficial for understanding the role of Hf and B additions on improving the GB tolerance, and optimizing the Hf and B additions in nickel-based single crystal superalloys.","PeriodicalId":159806,"journal":{"name":"ChemRN: Metals & Alloys (Topic)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121246994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strong Shear-Flow Modulation of Instabilities in Rapid Directional Solidification","authors":"K. Kowal, S. H. Davis","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3275440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3275440","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We examine the effect of a strong shear flow on morphological instabilities that occur in the directional solidification of a dilute, binary alloy when the interface departs from local thermal equilibrium in a frozen-temperature, one-sided model. In particular, the flow velocity U ∞ is much larger than the rate of solidification V and the Schmidt number is arbitrary. In contrast to solidification processes under small or no flow, for which both a cellular and an oscillatory mode of instability appear, the liquid-solid interface under flows of large magnitude is susceptible to a single mode of instability. All experiments on banding occur in the overlap region between these modes under no flow and since these two primary modes coalesce into one time-dependent, spatially-dependent mode, there is no mechanism for the production of bands anymore in the large-flow regime. No experiments have been conducted to date on this rapid solidification under flow and this suggests that such experiments would show no bands. The flow significantly stabilizes and selects higher wavenumbers for the preferred form of instability in comparison to systems involving small or no flow. The introduction of a strong flow provides an effective mechanism to eliminate instabilities at high solidification rates. However, stability thresholds at low solidification rates remain mainly indifferent to the presence of flow.","PeriodicalId":159806,"journal":{"name":"ChemRN: Metals & Alloys (Topic)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127622673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designing and Fabrication of Fixture for Friction Stir Welding of Aluminium AA6061 Alloys","authors":"Akshansh Mishra, A. Rose, S. M, A. Singh","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3104229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3104229","url":null,"abstract":"The design of fixture plays an important role in Friction Stir Welding process (FSW). Proper designing of a fixture is one of the major solutions to the problems arising during FSW process. FSW of aluminium alloys requires a careful designing of both fixture and welding tool. The fixture should be designed and fabricated in such a way that it is able to bear the high magnitude forces and high temperature during the welding process. In this paper, designing of the fixture is done using SOLIDWORKS 2D drawing. While designing the fixture certain things are kept in mind such as proper spacing is given for accommodation of backing plate and the metal to be welded.","PeriodicalId":159806,"journal":{"name":"ChemRN: Metals & Alloys (Topic)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122239826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Aversa, Daniela Parcesepe, R. Petrescu, Guanying Chen, F. Petrescu, F. Tamburrino, A. Apicella
{"title":"Glassy Amorphous Metal Injection Molded Induced Morphological Defects","authors":"R. Aversa, Daniela Parcesepe, R. Petrescu, Guanying Chen, F. Petrescu, F. Tamburrino, A. Apicella","doi":"10.3844/AJASSP.2016.1476.1482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3844/AJASSP.2016.1476.1482","url":null,"abstract":"Melt rheology in injection molded metastable supercooled liquid metal of Zr44-Ti11-Cu10-Ni10-Be25 alloy may induce selective crystallizations. High mobility Be, Cu and Ni atoms have been observed to differently crystallize in bulk metal glassy supercooled liquids. Here, we analyze the result of morphological microscopic observation conduct on Bulk Metallic Glass (BMG) with composition of a commercial liquid metal alloy (LM001B). The injection molded plate has been supplied by âLiquid Metals Technologies Inc, Ca USAâ and manufactured using an Engel injection molding machine operating at 1050-1100°C; the observed sample then has been cut by water jet. FEI Scios Dual-Beam has carried out the microscopic observation. Particularly, through a cross section, we observe the presence of crystalline phases on the short-range order. We investigate the presence of short-range order clusters, their distribution and the effect that they could cause on the alloysâ behaviors and properties.","PeriodicalId":159806,"journal":{"name":"ChemRN: Metals & Alloys (Topic)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132748652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quality Improvement of Aluminum Alloy (LM-6) Casting Using Taguchi Method","authors":"Ravneet kakria, Chandandeep, P. Thareja","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1487542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1487542","url":null,"abstract":"There is no alternative to the intricacy; evidenced through sand casting as a production route, economical and poised for shorter runs. Quality of castings and parametric control thereof is more important than that of die casting. With increasing demand for high-quality castings at close tolerances, a need however was felt to study ways to get the optimal settings for main parameters to ensure better surface finish. The requirement in unison was hitherto attempted in case of LM-6 Aluminum alloys castings, developed through green sand casting route. Five main parameters namely Bentonite clay, AFS Grain Fineness Number, Moisture, Pouring temperature and Coal dust were duly identified. The effects of the selected process parameters on the surface finish and the subsequent optimal settings of the parameters were accomplished using Taguchi’s method. Using L8 (27) orthogonal arrays, experiments were conducted as per experimental plans given in this array. The results indicate that the selected parameters significantly affect the surface finish of LM-6 Aluminum alloys castings. The confirmatory experiments have also been carried out to verify the optimal settings of the parameters.","PeriodicalId":159806,"journal":{"name":"ChemRN: Metals & Alloys (Topic)","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124721712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zedong Liu, Cheng Wang, Hong-fei Ju, M. Zha, Zhi-Ping Guan, Zhizheng Yang, Jiawang Song, Huiyuan Wang
{"title":"Phase Selection and Morphological Evolution for a Dilute Al-Mg-Si Alloy Under Sub-Rapid Solidification","authors":"Zedong Liu, Cheng Wang, Hong-fei Ju, M. Zha, Zhi-Ping Guan, Zhizheng Yang, Jiawang Song, Huiyuan Wang","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3447512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3447512","url":null,"abstract":"Phase selection under sub-rapid solidification is quantitatively analyzed in dilute Al-0.76Mg-0.93Si-0.20Fe alloy, originating from competitive trapping of various solutes. An approximatively positive linear relationship between partition coefficient and cooling rate (~ 30-350 °C/s) is established. Hereinto, Mg slope is significantly larger than Si and Fe, corresponding to effective trapping of Mg and strong inhibition of Mg<sub>2</sub>Si with cooling rate growing. Furthermore, β-AlFeSi becomes dominant second phase under ~ 170 °C/s, then transforms to fine α-AlFeSi with small amounts at ~ 350 °C/s. The results provide references for designing multi-component Al alloys under sub-rapid solidification with high strength and ductility.","PeriodicalId":159806,"journal":{"name":"ChemRN: Metals & Alloys (Topic)","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125844522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yan Chong, T. Bhattacharjee, R. Gholizadeh, J. Yi, N. Tsuji
{"title":"Investigation on the Hot Deformation Behaviors and Globularization Mechanisms of Lamellar Ti-6Al-4V Alloy within a Wide Range of Deformation Temperatures","authors":"Yan Chong, T. Bhattacharjee, R. Gholizadeh, J. Yi, N. Tsuji","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3438562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3438562","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the hot deformation behavior and microstructural evolution of Ti-6Al-4V alloy having a lamellar initial microstructure were systematically investigated within a wide range of deformation temperatures (700~950°C). Flow softening was commonly observed in the true stress-strain curves and the amount of flow softening gradually decreased with increasing deformation temperature. Based on the microstructure characterization and quantitative analysis of the deformed microstructures, the deformation temperatures were roughly divided into two regions, namely region I (900~950°C) and region II (700~900°C). By a detailed transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis, different globularization mechanisms of <i>α</i> phase were found for the two regions. At relatively higher deformation temperatures (region I), <i>α</i> lamellae sub-division and grain growth was determined to be the main globularization mechanism. At relatively lower deformation temperatures (region II), on the other hand, dynamic recrystallization (DRX) of <i>α</i> lamellae was confirmed to be the dominant globularization mechanism. The DRX of <i>α</i> lamellae firstly occurred either along the colony boundaries or at the lamellae kinking areas, and then expanded to the interiors of <i>α</i> lamellae. In addition, nano-twinning also acted as a secondary globularization mechanism of <i>α</i> lamellae in region II. Finally, it was found that the presence of α lamellae enhanced the DRX of <i>β</i> phase, by providing a strain partitioning between soft <i>β</i> phase and hard <i>α</i> phase as well as reducing the size of <i>β</i> phase.","PeriodicalId":159806,"journal":{"name":"ChemRN: Metals & Alloys (Topic)","volume":"241 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133551224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deformation of μm- and μm-Sized Fe2.4wt.%Si Single- and Bi-Crystals with a High Angle Grain Boundary at Room Temperature","authors":"M. Heller, J. Gibson, R. Pei, S. Korte-Kerzel","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3539243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3539243","url":null,"abstract":"Plasticity in body-centred cubic (BCC) metals, including dislocation interactions at grain boundaries, is much less understood than in face-centred cubic (FCC) metals. At low temperatures additional resistance to dislocation motion due to the Peierls barrier becomes important, which increases the complexity of plasticity. Iron-silicon steel is an interesting, model BCC material since the evolution of the dislocation structure in specifically-oriented grains and at particular grain boundaries have far-reaching effects not only on the deformation behaviour but also on the magnetic properties, which are important in its final application as electrical steel.In this study, two different orientations of micropillars (1, 2, 4 µm in diameter) and macropillars (2500 µm) and their corresponding bi-crystals are analysed after compression experiments with respect to the effect of size on strength and dislocation structures. Using different experimental methods, such as slip trace analysis, plane tilt analysis and cross-sectional EBSD, we show that direct slip transmission occurs, and different slip systems are active in the bi-crystals compared to their single-crystal counterparts. However, in spite of direct transmission and a very high transmission factor, dislocation pile-up at the grain boundary is also observed at early stages of deformation. Moreover, an effect of size scaling with the pillar size in single crystals and the grain size in bi-crystals is found, which is consistent with investigations elsewhere in FCC metals.","PeriodicalId":159806,"journal":{"name":"ChemRN: Metals & Alloys (Topic)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115885109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Yan, Zhongwei Chen, Yanni Zhao, C. Ren, Wenjie Lu
{"title":"Morphological Characteristics of Al 3SC Particles and Crystallographic Orientation of Al 3Sc/Al Interface in Cast Al-Sc Alloy","authors":"K. Yan, Zhongwei Chen, Yanni Zhao, C. Ren, Wenjie Lu","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3694771","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3694771","url":null,"abstract":"As a new type of grain refiner, rare earth element Sc has a strong grain refining effect on the microstructure of cast aluminum alloys. During the solidification process, the precipitation of Al<sub>3</sub>Sc primary particles in the molten metal act as heterogeneous nucleation cores, promoting Al nucleation, and greatly increasing the nucleation rate. In this paper, single Al<sub>3</sub>Sc particle and multiple Al<sub>3</sub>Sc particles cluster are extracted by the focused ion beam, and the whole and internal structure of the particles are systematically studied using scanning electron microscope and high-resolution transmission electron microscope. The study found that under the influence of strong anisotropy, the primaryAl<sub>3</sub>Sc particles have different growth rates in different crystal planes, and finally form a special morphological feature -a cubic shape as a whole and a \"funnel-shaped\" structure in part. The (111) and (110) planes of Al<sub>3</sub>Sc particles form a coarse dendrite structure, and a large number of fine rod-shaped structures appear on the (100) plane, the Al matrix is interposed between the rod-shaped structures. At the interface between Al<sub>3</sub>Sc and Al matrix, two crystallographic orientation relationships were observed. At the same time, a special pseudomorphic solid layer was observed at the interface between Al and Al<sub>3</sub>Sc particles. In addition to individual Al<sub>3</sub>Sc particles, it was also found that some Al<sub>3</sub>Sc particles grow in a nucleus at the same time and have the symmetrical morphology of rotating twins.","PeriodicalId":159806,"journal":{"name":"ChemRN: Metals & Alloys (Topic)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127526789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Strain Rate on the Strain Induced Martensite Nucleation and Growth in 301LN Metastable Austenitic Steel","authors":"L. Pun, G. C. Soares, M. Isakov, M. Hokka","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3834118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3834118","url":null,"abstract":"The effects of strain rate on the strain induced α’-martensite nucleation and growth were analysed in this work. Tension tests were performed at room temperature at strain rates of 2×10<sup>-4</sup> s<sup>-1</sup> and 0.5 s<sup>-1</sup> using small polished specimens, which fit inside a scanning electron microscope. The specimens were deformed incrementally, and microstructural evolution was tracked carefully at the same location. This approach allows analysing not only the spatial but also the temporal evolution of the α’-martensite. Optical microscopy images and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) measurements were taken for each plastic deformation increment. The size and number of α’-martensite particles were evaluated from the EBSD images, whereas the local microlevel plastic strains were obtained with Digital Image Correlation (DIC). According to the results, the number of nucleation sites for α’-martensite does not seem to be affected much by the strain rate. However, there is a notable strain rate effect on how the transformation proceeds in the neighbourhood of freshly formed α’-martensite particles. At low strain rate, repeated nucleation and coalescence leads to notable growth of the α’-martensite particles, whereas at high strain rate, once nucleated α’-martensite particles remain as small isolated islands which do not markedly grow with further plastic strain. This phenomenon can be attributed to local microstructure level heating caused by plastic deformation and the exothermic phase transformation. This reduces the local growth rate of the α’-martensite particles in the vicinity of the above-mentioned islands, thus leading to a lower bulk transformation rate at higher strain rates.","PeriodicalId":159806,"journal":{"name":"ChemRN: Metals & Alloys (Topic)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126643707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}