Cooling Rate Sensitivity of RE-Containing Grain Refiner and Its Impact on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of A356 Alloy
Hua-Rui Zhang, Zhen-Bang Liu, Zi-Zhuo Li, Guo-Wei Li, Hu Zhang
Fig. 1 a Schematic of taper-shaped graphite mold and thermocouple positions; b Cooling curves of different sections with various diameters in the mold. The inset further reveals the measured average cooling rates