Non-equilibrium effects on solid transition of solidification microstructure of deeply undercooled alloys

Integrated effects of undercooling and solute drag on recrystallisation mechanism of rapid solidification microstructure were investigated in highly undercooled Ni-Cu alloys. The equiaxed grained microstructures were prepared by fluxing method and subsequent quenching. Annealing the microstructures of the as-quenched alloys, substantial recrystallisation growth was observed. Applying solute trapping model of undercooled melt and solute drag model of solid-state transformation, it can be inferred that the microstructural evolution was dominated by nucleation and growth of recrystallisation process which is strongly dependent on the initial undercooling of the alloy melt and the solute drag force of the solid-state transition process.