Nucleation behaviour and microstructure of single Al-Si12 powder particles rapidly solidified in a fast scanning calorimeter
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Abstract The understanding of rapid solidification behaviour, e.g. the undercooling versus growth velocity relationship, is crucial for tailoring microstructures and properties in metal alloys. In most rapid solidification processes, such as additive manufacturing (AM), in situ investigation of rapid solidification behaviour is missing because of the lack of accurate measurement of the cooling rate and nucleation undercooling. In the present study, rapid solidification of single micro-sized Al-Si12 (mass%) particles of various diameters has been investigated via differential fast scanning calorimetry employing controllable cooling rates from 100 to 90,000 K s−1 relevant for AM. Based on nucleation undercooling and on microstructure analysis of rapidly solidified single powder particles under controlled cooling rates, two different heterogeneous nucleation mechanisms of the primary α-Al phase are proposed. Surface heterogeneous nucleation dominates for particles with diameter smaller than 23 μm. For particles with diameter larger than 23 μm, the nucleation of the primary α-Al phase changes from surface to bulk heterogeneous nucleation with increasing cooling rate. The results indicate that at large undercoolings (> 95 K) and high cooling rates (> 10,000 K s−1), rapid solidification of single particle can yield a microstructure similar to that formed in AM. The present work not only proposes new insight into rapid solidification processes, but also provides a theoretical foundation for further understanding of microstructures and properties in additively manufactured materials.
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