METALLOGRAPHY OF ALUMINIUM BRONZE （金相学的铝青铜）.pdfVIP

Association of Metallurgical Engineers of Serbia Scientific paper AMES UDC: 620.186:669.715 METALLOGRAPHY OF ALUMINIUM BRONZE ALLOY AS CAST IN PERMANENT IRON DIE Isaac Cenoz * Department of Mech. Eng., Energy and Materials, Public University of Navarre, Spain Received 26.03.2010 Accepted 18.05.2010 Abstract The phases obtained in copper aluminium bronze alloy (Cu-Al10-Fe2) cast into a permanent die were investigated. The parameters examined were the pre-heating temperatures of the die and the graphite coating thickness. The phases α and γ2 were detected as well as the metastable phases β’ and γ’. The intermetallics of the system Fe- Al were obtained in various stoichiometric compositions. The different cooling rates of the casting resulted in two mechanisms of transformation to α grains out of the unstable β phase, one being nucleation and growth producing needle shaped α grains, the other exhibiting a massive transformation to spherical α grains. These two mechanisms determine the changes in the size of the α grains as a result of changes in the cooling rate in its various ranges. Key words: Aluminium bronze, Metallography, Copper, Iron die Introduction Cooling at equilibrium of the system 90wt.%Cu-10wt.%Al from the liquid state, results in α and β phases. The eutectic reaction takes place at 1037ºC and 8.5wt.% Al. At 565ºC and 11.8wt.% Al the β phase decomposes to γ2 phase by eutectoid decomposition [1]. During cooling in non-equilibrium conditions the martensitic phase β’ replaces the β phase, and in addition α phase is obtained by solid-state transformation. There are phase di