Solidification behaviour of silver-copper alloys in a drop tube

N. Wang, C. D. Cao, B. Wei

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Abstract

Ag-15wt%Cu hypoeutectic and Ag-28.1wt%Cu eutectic alloys were solidified in a containerless environment using a 3m drop tube. It is found that for Ag-15wt%Cu hypoeutectic alloy, with the decreasing of the droplet size, a "dendritic-equiaxed" morphology transition takes place. Meanwhile, for Ag-28.1wt%Cu eutectic alloy, a "regular lamellar eutectic-irregular anomalous eutectic" microstructure change occurs. The dendrite fragmentation mechanism and TMK model of eutectic growth were used to analyze the experimental results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1257-1261
Number of pages5
JournalAdvances in Space Research
Volume24
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

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