Investigation of the interfaces between boride particles and aluminium in the as-received and re-melted Ti-B-Al grain refiner master alloy
In the Al casting industry, TiB grain refiner particles are added to the melt in order to promote heterogeneous nucleation of α-Al crystallites. It has been suggested that thin AlTi DO layers, adsorbed on the boride particles, might be necessary for successful α-Al nucleation via the peritectic reac...
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| author | Cizek, P McKay, B Lozano-Perez, S |
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| description | In the Al casting industry, TiB grain refiner particles are added to the melt in order to promote heterogeneous nucleation of α-Al crystallites. It has been suggested that thin AlTi DO layers, adsorbed on the boride particles, might be necessary for successful α-Al nucleation via the peritectic reaction. In order to elucidate this suggestion, the boride/α-Al interfaces were studied in the as-received Ti-B-Al grain refiner rod, as well as after remelting and rapid quenching of the same rod. The investigation was performed using the TEM, EDS, STEM and HREM techniques. For the as- received rod, the EDS study failed to show conclusively enrichment of the interfaces in Ti and indicated clearly only a small enrichment in Si and Fe. The HREM investigation found no indication of a possible crystalline layer coating the boride particles. The borides found in the re-melted rod were observed to readily nucleate α-Al on their basal faces with a well-defined low-index orientation relationship but there was again no indication of any layer on the boride particles. Thus, the borides themselves appeared to be potent sites for the heterogeneous nucleation of α-Al crystals during rapid quenching without a necessary presence of the aluminide layers. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:85429a37-3232-40dc-be4d-588190b63dda2022-03-26T21:56:13ZInvestigation of the interfaces between boride particles and aluminium in the as-received and re-melted Ti-B-Al grain refiner master alloyJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:85429a37-3232-40dc-be4d-588190b63ddaSymplectic Elements at Oxford2004Cizek, PMcKay, BLozano-Perez, SIn the Al casting industry, TiB grain refiner particles are added to the melt in order to promote heterogeneous nucleation of α-Al crystallites. It has been suggested that thin AlTi DO layers, adsorbed on the boride particles, might be necessary for successful α-Al nucleation via the peritectic reaction. In order to elucidate this suggestion, the boride/α-Al interfaces were studied in the as-received Ti-B-Al grain refiner rod, as well as after remelting and rapid quenching of the same rod. The investigation was performed using the TEM, EDS, STEM and HREM techniques. For the as- received rod, the EDS study failed to show conclusively enrichment of the interfaces in Ti and indicated clearly only a small enrichment in Si and Fe. The HREM investigation found no indication of a possible crystalline layer coating the boride particles. The borides found in the re-melted rod were observed to readily nucleate α-Al on their basal faces with a well-defined low-index orientation relationship but there was again no indication of any layer on the boride particles. Thus, the borides themselves appeared to be potent sites for the heterogeneous nucleation of α-Al crystals during rapid quenching without a necessary presence of the aluminide layers. |
| spellingShingle | Cizek, P McKay, B Lozano-Perez, S Investigation of the interfaces between boride particles and aluminium in the as-received and re-melted Ti-B-Al grain refiner master alloy |
| title | Investigation of the interfaces between boride particles and aluminium in the as-received and re-melted Ti-B-Al grain refiner master alloy |
| title_full | Investigation of the interfaces between boride particles and aluminium in the as-received and re-melted Ti-B-Al grain refiner master alloy |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of the interfaces between boride particles and aluminium in the as-received and re-melted Ti-B-Al grain refiner master alloy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of the interfaces between boride particles and aluminium in the as-received and re-melted Ti-B-Al grain refiner master alloy |
| title_short | Investigation of the interfaces between boride particles and aluminium in the as-received and re-melted Ti-B-Al grain refiner master alloy |
| title_sort | investigation of the interfaces between boride particles and aluminium in the as received and re melted ti b al grain refiner master alloy |
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