4D synchrotron X-ray tomographic quantification of the transition from cellular to dendrite growth during directional solidification

Acta Materialia

Volumn 117, Issue , 2016, Pages 160-169

  Cai, B ^a,b   Wang, J ^a,b   Kao, A ^c   Pericleous, K ^c   Phillion, A B ^d   Atwood, R C ^e   Lee, P D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Al alloy; Dendrite; Interface instability; Solidification; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; MORPHOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

AL-ALLOY; CELLULARS; DENDRITE; DENDRITE GROWTH; DENDRITIC STRUCTURES; INTERFACE INSTABILITY; SOLIDIFICATION MODELING; SOLIDIFICATION MORPHOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHIC; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 84978229846     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.07.002     Document Type: Article

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