Al-7%Si-Mg铸造铝合金添加Ce与Sr元素后初生α（Al）枝晶的动力学形核.pdf

Trans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. China 23(2013) 3561−3567 Kinetic nucleation of primary α(Al) dendrites in Al−7%Si−Mg cast alloys with Ce and Sr additions Zhong-wei CHEN, Xiao-lei HAO, Jing ZHAO, Cui-ying MA State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China Received 15 March 2012; accepted 10 October 2013 Abstract: Nucleation of dendritic primary α(Al) phase with addition of element Ce and Sr in hypoeutectic Al−7%Si−Mg cast alloy was investigated by using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and scanning electron microscopy. DSC results were used to calculate the activation energy and nucleation work of primary α(Al) phase. The results show that the values of activation energy and nucleation work are decreased and the nucleation frequency is increased with the additions of Ce and Sr to the alloys. Moreover, the grain size of dendritic α(Al) phase is well refined, and the nucleation temperatures of primary α(Al) dendrites are decreased with the additions of Ce and Sr. The effects of elements Ce and Sr additions on kinetic nucleation of primary α(Al) phases were also discussed in hypoeutectic Al−7%Si−Mg cast alloy. Key words: aluminium alloy; primary α dendrite; nucleation; grain refinement; activation energy; nucleation work; Ce; Sr matching in both close packed directions and close 1 Introduction packed planes of the primary α(Al) phase (m3m, a=0.404 nm). On the other hand, some other literatures [4,5] Al−7Si−Mg al