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- Title
Entrained Defects in A356 Semisolid Slurry Produced by RSF and CSC Processes.
- Authors
Liu, Jiang-Hong; Li, Guo-Hong; Guo, Hong-Min; Hu, Mei-Lan; Yang, Lei; Yi, Wen
- Abstract
Semisolid slurry is highly important in rheocasting. In the majority of semisolid slurry preparation methods, the melt is subjected to intensive stirring. In the present study, experiments, simulations, SEM, X-ray computed tomography, and Weibull statistical analysis were used to demonstrate whether intensive stirring would produce casting defects in a semisolid slurry. Rapid slurry forming (RSF) and cooling slope casting (CSC) were carried out to produce an A356 semisolid slurry. The results show that gas pores, shrinkage porosities, and bifilms are found in the produced semisolid slurry. Oxide films are present on the inner walls of gas pores and shrinkage porosities. Gas pores and shrinkage porosities in semisolid slurry produced by CSC are high number, small size, and evenly distributed, but are low number, large size, and concentrated in the center of semisolid slurry produced by RSF. Simulations and experiments confirm that both RSF and CSC processes can cause severe surface turbulence and result in the formation of entrained defects. Moreover, in RSF, the insertion of the rotating EEM (enthalpy exchange material) into the melt can entrain gas and oxide film on the melt surface into the melt. The tensile strengths of samples from quenched semisolid slurries produced by both CSC and RSF show a strong dispersion feature, and both conform to the Weibull distribution.
- Subjects
SLURRY; COMPUTED tomography; OXIDE coating; WEIBULL distribution
- Publication
Metallurgical & Materials Transactions. Part B, 2024, Vol 55, Issue 3, p1951
- ISSN
1073-5615
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11663-024-03082-6