Influence of Pouring Temperature on the Solidification Characteristics of A357 Aluminium Alloy

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With the decline of pouring temperature in the range of 750°C~675°C, solidification curve was shifted to left primitively, and then gradually turned to right. Temperature of concretion nucleation and binary eutectic reaction was increased after a reduction, whereas the time was presented dynamically, both the minimum value which were obtained at 715 °Care 23.48s and 89.24s respectively. Growth time of crystal nucleation was extended after a slight decrease, the lowest point which was appeared at 715°C is 607.25s, time of binary eutectic reaction was varied as the cubic polynomial, the minimum value that emerged at 715°C is 228.39s. Solidification curve was changed as the exponential function, cooling rates ascended initially and then dropped andante, the peak point that achieved at 715°C is 5.93°C/min. The test results of microstructure shows that the content of primary and eutectic silicon with the plate-like and needle morphology, was increased primarily and then decreased with the decline of pouring temperature, however, the changing trend of grain size was shown as opposite, the minimum value which was obtained at 715°C is 534μm. It was also found from the results of grain size that with lower pouring and binary eutectic temperature, along with higher cooling rate and nucleation temperature, grain size was refined properly.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1044-1045)

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53-58

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October 2014

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