Influence of Trace Fe on Fading of Mg-3%Al Alloy Inoculated by Carbon
Ming-hua WANG1, Jun DU2,*()
1 Jewelry Institute, Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic, Guangzhou 511483, China 2 School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Mg-3%Al alloy containing trace 0.1%Fe was inoculated by carbon. The carbon-inoculated Mg-3%Al-0.1%Fe melt was held for different time after inoculation to study the effect of holding time on grain size and characteristic of carbonaceous nuclei. The results show that when the holding time is within 20min, there mainly exist Al4C3 particles and the particles with duplex phase structure of Al4C3 coated on Al-(C)-Fe in the samples. The number of particles of Al4C3 and Al4C3 coated on Al-(C)-Fe decreases with the increase of holding time due to aggregation, settlement and structure change of the potent nuclei. Consequently, the grains become coarse and inoculation fading occurs.
王明华, 杜军. 微量Fe对Mg-3%Al合金碳质孕育衰退的影响[J]. 材料工程, 2016, 44(5): 54-58.
Ming-hua WANG, Jun DU. Influence of Trace Fe on Fading of Mg-3%Al Alloy Inoculated by Carbon. Journal of Materials Engineering, 2016, 44(5): 54-58.
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