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Computer-aided cooling curve thermal analysis of near eutectic Al–Si–Cu–Fe alloy

Effect of silicon modifier/refiner and solidification conditions on the nucleation and growth of dendrites

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The effects of bismuth (Bi), antimony (Sb) and strontium (Sr) additions on the characteristic parameters of the evolution of aluminium dendrites in a near eutectic Al–11.3Si–2Cu–0.4Fe alloy during solidification at different cooling rates (0.6–2 °C) were investigated by computer-aided cooling curve thermal analysis (CA-CCTA). Nucleation temperature (\( T_{\text{N}}^{{\alpha {\text{ - Al}}}} \)) is defined with a new approach based on second derivative cooling curve. The results showed that\( T_{\text{N}}^{{\alpha {\text{ - Al}}}} \) increased with increasing cooling rate but both the growth temperature (\( T_{\text{G}}^{{\alpha {\text{ - Al}}}} \)) and the coherency temperature (TDCP) decreased. Increase in the temperature difference for dendrite coherency (\( T_{\text{N}}^{{\alpha {\text{ - Al}}}} - T_{\text{DCP}} \)) with increasing cooling rate indicate a wider range of temperature before the dendrite can impinge on each other and higher fraction solid (\( f_{\text{S}}^{\text{DCP}} \)). Additions of Bi, Sb and Sr to the base alloy produced only a minor effect on\( T_{\text{N}}^{{\alpha {\text{ - Al}}}} \). Additions of Bi and Sb resulted in an increase in fraction solid and an increase of 30 % in the value of\( T_{\text{N}}^{{\alpha {\text{ - Al}}}} \, - \,T_{\text{G}}^{{\alpha {\text{ - Al}}}} \) to almost 13 °C.

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The authors would like to thank Universiti Teknologi Malaysia for the provision of research facilities and the ministry of higher education (MOHE) for financial support under the GUP vote 02H17.

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  1. Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

    S. Farahany, A. Ourdjini & M. H. Idris

  2. Center of Excellence for High Strength Alloys Technology (CEHSAT), School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), 16846-13114, Tehran, Iran

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Farahany, S., Ourdjini, A., Idris, M.H.et al. Computer-aided cooling curve thermal analysis of near eutectic Al–Si–Cu–Fe alloy.J Therm Anal Calorim114, 705–717 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-013-3005-7

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