INVESTIGADORES
SCHVEZOV Carlos Enrique
artículos
Título:
The influence of gravity on the CET in diluted Zn-Al alloys
Autor/es:
M. V. OKSENIUK; S. F. GUEIJMAN; C. E. SCHVEZOV; A. E. ARES
Revista:
Procedia Materials Science
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2012 vol. 1 p. 64 - 71
ISSN:
2211-8128
Resumen:
In a solidification process, the microstructure depends on the alloy characteristics and is a function mainly of the
temperature evolution ahead the solid/liquid interphase. Among the several phenomena occurring during solidification,
like solute segregation and morphology stability, one of the most important is dendritic growth. The most important
dendrite parameters are the primary, secondary and tertiary arm spacings due to their influence on mechanical properties.
An efficient method of examining the evolution of dendrite arms is to apply steady-state directional solidification with an
imposed growth rate, V, and a thermal gradient, G, at the solid/liquid interphase. In this work, experiments were
performed under unidirectional solidification in a device cooled with water, and Zn-1%Al and Zn-2%Al (wt%) alloys
were solidified in a vertical upward (0º), inclined at 30° and 45° to the vertical and horizontally upward (90º to the
vertical).The position of the transition from columnar-to-equiaxed structure (CET) through macro- and micro-analysis was
determined, and significant thermal parameters by recording temperature-time data. The results show that the direction of
growth of dendrites is about the direction of heat extraction and that the angle of inclination of the columnar grains with
the longitudinal axis of the alloy sample coincides approximately with the angle of inclination of the furnace.