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Effect of strontium on liquid structure of Al–Si hypoeutectic alloys using high-energy X-ray diffraction
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Srirangam, Prakash, Kramer, M. J. and Shankar, S. (2011) Effect of strontium on liquid structure of Al–Si hypoeutectic alloys using high-energy X-ray diffraction. Acta Materialia, 59 (2). pp. 503-513. doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2010.09.050
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2010.09.050
Abstract
High-energy X-ray diffraction experiments were performed using a synchrotron beam source to investigate the effect of strontium on the liquid atomic structure of Al–Si hypoeutectic alloys. The high-temperature liquid diffraction experiments were carried out on Al alloys with 3, 7, 10 and 12.5 (eutectic) wt.% Si, respectively, with 0 and 0.04 wt.% addition of Sr to each of the alloys. Further, the diffraction data for all the alloys were obtained at various melt temperatures (5–220 K) above the respective liquidus temperature. It was observed that the addition of 0.04 wt.% Sr results in significant change in the liquid structure parameters, such as structure factor, pair distribution function, radial distribution function, coordination number and packing density, at any given melt temperature of the alloy. Salient observations were that, for any specific alloy and temperature, addition of Sr significantly decreases coordination number and packing density. Further, with the addition of Sr in the liquid alloy, the atomic coordination number and packing density increases with decreasing temperature and decreasing Si content of the alloy. The results coupled with prior knowledge have enabled an in-depth understanding of the nucleation environment of the solidifying phases, specifically the role of Sr in delaying the clustering tendencies (nucleation) of the eutectic Si phase.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Acta Materialia | ||||
| Publisher: | Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd | ||||
| ISSN: | 1359-6454 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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| Volume: | 59 | ||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 503-513 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.09.050 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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