Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2002, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (5): 453-459 .

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NUCLEATION BEHAVIOR OF Al8Fe4Nd PHASE IN RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED AI-Fe-V-Si-Nd ALLOY

H. Pang, Z.H. Jin   

  1. S henyang National Laboratory for Material Science, Institute of Metal Research, CAS, Shenyang 110016,China
  • Received:2001-09-21 Revised:2002-02-04 Online:2002-10-25 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: H. Pang

Abstract: The microstructure of Al-Fe- V-Si-Nd alloy prepared by rapid solidification (RS) pro-cessing was studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy(TEM) and high resolution electron microscopy (HREM). The phase selection of thealloy during solidification and the nucleation behavior of Al8Fe4Nd phase were ana-lyzed witinin the framework of time-dependent nucleation theory. The incubation timefor Al8Fe4Nd phase was found shorter and the nucleation rate higher than those ofα-Al. The results indicate the nucleation of Al8Fe4Nd phase is heterogeneous and thedispersoids of Al8Fe4Nd form as primary particles from the liquid, which is consistentwith experimental observation.

Key words: Al-Fe based alloy, rapid solidification, phase selection, nucleation behavior