Microstructure transformation of undercooled Cu-Ni-Co Alloy and refinement mechanism under high undercooling

An Hongen and Liew, Willey Yun Hsien and Nancy Julius Siambun and Chua, Bih Lii and Yang Mengmeng and Yan Wei and Li Hongtao (2023) Microstructure transformation of undercooled Cu-Ni-Co Alloy and refinement mechanism under high undercooling. Journal of Wuhan University of Technology, 38. pp. 440-444. ISSN 1993-0437

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Abstract

The molten Cu60Ni35Co5 ternary alloy was undercooled by fluxing method and solidified by natural cooling method. The microstructure of all undercooled samples were analyzed. It is found that the rapidly solidified Cu60Ni35Co5 alloy has undergone two grain refinement phenomena within the undercooling range, and its microstructure and morphology change with the undercooling through the transformation process of “coarse dendrite - equiaxed dendrite - oriented fine dendrite - equiaxed crystal”. The refined structure with the maximum undercooling ∆T of 253 K was selected for electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) tests. EBSD results show that the refined structure contains a high proportion of large angle grain boundaries (LAGBs), a large number of randomly oriented grains, and high proportion of twins, while TEM results show that the dislocation density in most areas is relatively low. The above characteristics confirm that the solidification structure is refined due to recrystallization behavior under high undercooling.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Microstructure, Grain refinement, Recrystallization
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry > QD1-999 Chemistry > QD146-197 Inorganic chemistry T Technology > TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy > TN1-997 Mining engineering. Metallurgy > TN600-799 Metallurgy
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User:	SITI AZIZAH BINTI IDRIS -
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2025 10:21
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2025 10:21
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/44165

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