Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 1997, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (2): 120-126.

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STRUCTURE OF Al-Cu EUTECTIC ALLOY SOLIDIFIED IN COMPLEX FIELD OF CENTRIFUGAL AND ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES

W.Q. Zhang; Y.F. Zhu; Y.S. Yang and Z.Q. Hu (State Key Lab. of RSA, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110015,China)   

  • Received:1997-04-25 Revised:1997-04-25 Online:1997-04-25 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: The effects of magnetic field on macro and microstructure of Al-CuAl2 eutectic alloy produced by electromagnetic centrifugal casting have been erperimentally investigated in the present paper. Electromagnetic stirring can lead to columnar formation in the cuter region and equiaxed in the inner, and otherwise cause the lamellae coarsened and the microstructure morphology to change from lamella to rod and then to block,if the electromagnetic stirring is intensified.

Key words: electromagnetic stirring, centrifgal force, Al-Cu eutectic alloy