Papers by Keyword: Solute Redistribution

Abstract: The experimental data present that primary silicon is precipitated from eutectic and hypoeutectic Al–Si alloy melts. It attributes to solute redistribution on the chemical driving force. Si atoms are easy to segregate to form Si-Si clusters, resulting in primary silicon precipitated from hypereutectic Al–Si alloy. Another reason is that primary silicon is precipitated from solid-liquid interface front once solute concentration in the solidification front exceeds eutectic composition. Solute redistribution equations are derivate from Jackson-Chalmers equation. The third reason is that precious little impurity turn Heterogeneous Nucleation of Si atoms.

Abstract: The solution redistribution was an important phenomenon during the solidification of multi-component alloys. The changing disciplines during solidification of different component Al-Si-Mg alloys were calculated in this paper. The calculations were coupled with CALPHAD technology. The interaction of solutes would change the solute redistribution coefficients during the solidification especially in the ends of solidification. So in the ends of the solidification, the slope of the curves turned to bigger and bigger. The results of the calculating of the eutectic fraction of the alloys show that errors exist under assuming the partition coefficients of solutes as a constant due to the interaction between solutes in ternary alloys. The predicted eutectic fractions of Al-Si-Mg alloys agree well with the experimental results for using the CALPHAD methods.

Abstract: The solution redistribution was an important phenomenon during the solidification of multi-component alloys. The different paths of solidification of different component Al-Si-Mg alloys were calculated in this paper. The calculations were coupled with CALPHAD technology. The interaction of solutes would change the solute redistribution coefficients during the solidification especially in the ends of solidification. The solidification paths were calculated by employing the CALPHAD technology and the binary partition coefficients separately. The results show that errors exist under assuming the partition coefficients of solutes as a constant due to the interaction between solutes in ternary alloys. The predicted solidification processes of Al-Si-Mg alloys agree well with the experimental results in this paper.

Abstract: The solution redistribution was an important phenomenon during the solidification of multi-component alloys. The improvements of the solute redistribution were considered in this paper especial in the simulation processes. The models of Gibbs free energy were taken into three kinds such as pure materials, the substitutional solution and the sublattice. Calculating the Gibbs free energy of the system, the solute redistribution coefficients could be calculated. The simulated results of Al-Cu binary and Al-Si-Mg ternary alloys agree well with the experimental results.

Abstract: . An improvement of the Brody & Flemings theory has been proposed to study not only the solute segregation but the solute redistribution during the single crystal growth as well. The redistribution is treated as a phenomenon superposed upon the segregation phenomenon. The crystal growth has been performed by the closed Bridgman system with a constant growth rate and an imposed temperature gradient. A hypo-eutectic Zn-Ti alloy has been subjected to oriented growth and precipitation of the Zn-16Ti intermetallic compound was observed. The precipitates have been placed as some layers distributed within the single crystal with a constant spacing. Some data from the Zn-Ti binary phase diagram was introduced into the theory to show possibility of the control the phenomenon of the reinforcement by precipitation during a single crystal growth.

Abstract: Structures obtained during Zn-Cu-Ti single crystal growth by the Bridgman method were investigated. The alloys of composition Zn-Cu0.1wt.%-Ti0.1wt.% were used for single crystals growth, which were produced at rate in the range of 1.8mm/h to 16mm/h. The Zn-Cu-Ti alloys were characterized by multiphase structure; in the solute-hardened matrix by Cu atoms exists a needle-shaped intermetallic phase Zn16Ti. The strong anisotropy of the hexagonal structure gives a significant influence on a second phase distribution in the matrix volume. In the range of the low growth rates (from 1.8mm/h to 10mm/h) oscillatory structures were observed. That effect vanished at the growth rates higher than 10mm/h. The observed oscillatory structures were characterized by existing periodic layers rich in the intermetallic phase of Zn16Ti interlaid with pure matrix (alpha phase Zn with Cu solute).

Abstract: The bulk crystal growth of II-VI compounds, such as HgCdTe, CdZnTe etc., is usually carried out by Bridgman and modified Bridgman methods. Optimizing the growth process relies mainly on the understanding of the fundamental problems of solute and thermal transportation principles, which determines the composition segregations and other defects, including point defects, dislocations, precipitates, stacking faults, etc. In the last few years, the present author studied the coupling effects of the convection, thermal and solute transportation phenomena during the growth processes through both theoretical modeling and experimental methods. Several important phenomena, such as effects of ACRT forced convection on the thermal and solute field and the growth interface morphology, the shift of the growth interface due to the solute redistributions, solute segregation behaviors during the growth process, etc, are discussed. Based on these researches, technologies for growing high quality CdZnTe and other II-VI compounds have been developed.