Performance comparison of AlTiC and AlTiB master alloys in grain refinement of commercial and high purity aluminum

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 242-253

  Li, Jian Guo ^a   Huang, Min ^a   Ma, Mo ^a   Ye, Wei ^a   Liu, Dong Yu ^a   Song, Dong Ming ^b   Bai, Bing Zhe ^a   Fang, Hong Sheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Kunming Metallurgy Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

AlTiB; AlTiC; Commercial pure aluminum; Grain refinement; Heterogeneous nucleation; High purity aluminum

Indexed keywords

BORON; CARBON; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NUCLEATION; REFINING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMMERCIAL PURE ALUMINUM; GRAIN REFINEMENT; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HIGH PURITY ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 33745650102     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(06)60042-3     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. BANERJI A, REIF W. Grain refining of aluminum by TiC[J]. Metall Trans A, 1985, A16(11): 2065-2068.
2. BANERJI A, REIF W. Development of Al-Ti-C grain refiners containing TiC[J]. Metall Trans A, 1986, A17(12): 2127-2136.
3. HARIEDY M M, NIAZI A, NOFAL A A. Thermal analysis of aluminium alloys as a tool to evaluate the grain refiners efficiency[J]. Light Metals, 1996: 697-705.
4. HOEFS P, REIF W, GREEN A H, VAN WIGGEN P C, SCHNEIDER W, BRANDNER D. Development of an improved AlTiC master alloy for the grain refinement of aluminium[J]. Light Metals, 1997, 777-784.
5. SCHNEIDER W, KEARNS M A, MCGARRY M J, WHITEHEAD A J. A comparison of the behaviour of AlTiB and AlTiC grain refiners[J]. Light Metals, 1998: 953-961.
6. HARDMAN A, YOUNG D. The grain refining performance of TiCAl master alloys in various aluminum alloy systems[J]. Light Metals, 1998: 983-988.
7. DETOMI A M, MESSIAS A J, MAJER S, COOPER P S. The impact of TiCAl and grain refiners on casthouse processing[J]. Light Metals, 2001: 919-925.
8. WHITEHEAD A J, COOPER P S, MCCARTHY R W. An evaluation of metal cleanliness and grain refinement of 5182 aluminum alloy DC cast ingot using Al-3%Ti-0.15%C and Al-3%Ti-1%B grain refiners[J]. Light Metals, 1999: 763-772.
9. ZHANG Bai-qing, FANG Hong-sheng, MA Hong-tao, LI Jian-guo. Aluminothermal reaction to prepare Al-Ti-C master alloy[J]. Trans Nonferrous Met Soc China, 2000, 10(1): 1-5.
10. LI Jian-guo, YE Wei, LI Li, HUANG Min. Preparation of AlTiC Master Alloy Under Ultrasonic Vibration[P]. CN 200410103904.3, 2004. (in Chinese)
11. ZHANG Bai-qing, MA Hong-tao, LI Jian-guo, FANG Hong-sheng. Influence of extruding deformation on microstructure and refining performance of master alloy grain refiner[J]. Heat Treatment of Metals, 1999, 6: 1-2. (in Chinese)
12. WALLWORK R. Developing a meaningful grain refining test[J]. Light Metals, 1993: 799-803.
13. KEARNS M A, COOPER P S. Effects of solutes on grain refinement of selected wrought aluminum alloys[J]. Materials Science and Technology, 1997, 13(8): 650-654.
14. JOHNSSON MATS. Influence of Si and Fe on the grain refinement of aluminium[J]. Z Metallkd, 1994, 85(11): 781-785.
15. QUESTED T E, GREER A L. Growth-restriction effects in grain refinement of aluminium[J]. Light Metals, 2003: 945-952.
16. SCHNEIDER W A, QUESTED T E, GREER A L, COOPER P S. A comparison of the family of AlTiB refiners and their ability to achieve a fully equiaxed grain structure in DC casting[J]. Light Metals, 2003: 953-959.
17. SMALL C M, PRANGNELL P B, HAYES F H, HARDMAN A. Microstructure and grain refining efficiency of TiC particles in Al-Ti-C grain refining master alloys[A]. Proceedings of ICAA-6[C]. Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications Led, 1998. 213-218.