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Clarifying the mechanism of superheating effect and using it to enhance the ductility of cast Al-Si alloys via refining both Si and Al phase

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K14432
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 26050:Material processing and microstructure control-related
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

卞 華康  東北大学, 金属材料研究所, 助教 (30796230)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
KeywordsSuperheating / AlSI alloy / EBM / Additive manufactuing / Al-Si / refining
Outline of Research at the Start

Superheating effect was observed in building process via electron beam melting additive manufacturing. The present research will figure out the details of superheating and use this effect to refine the microstructure of cast Al-Si alloy including both Si phase and Al matrix. The ductility of cast Al-Si alloy could be improved via this method.

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

Recently, a high tensile ductility upto 33% at room temperature in AlSi10Mg alloy has been obtained via refining both the Si and Al microstructure based on the superheating effect during electron beam melting (EBM) manufacturing. Thus, the microstructure of cast Al-Si alloys (including Al-Si10, Al-Si20, and Al-Si30 alloys) is expected to be refined to enhance both the ductility and strength using this superheating effect.
By now, the mechanism of superheating effect for refining the microstructure of Al-Si alloy using EBM building process has been investigated. The higher temperature inner melting pool and the fast-cooling rate make the homogeneous melt liquid inner melt pool. During the cooling process especially when the temperature is decreased to 1300-1000 ℃, the Al and Si nanocluster occurred and form the fine grains in the solidification. Beside that, the single bead experiment on the surface of Al10Si, Al20Si and Al30Si have been conducted. The microstructure observation showed that EBM single bead could refine the microstructure in AlSi10 and AlSi20 alloy, but only can remelt part of the Al matrix in AlSi30 alloy.

Report

(1 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2022 2021

All Presentation (2 results)

  • [Presentation] Microstructure evolution of cast Al-Si alloy under superheated melted condition via electron beam melting2022

    • Author(s)
      Huakang Bian, Kenta Aoyagi, Kenta, Yamanaka, Akihiko Chiba
    • Organizer
      日本金属学会2022年春期第170回講演大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The influence of superheating on the microstructure of cast Al-Si alloy2021

    • Author(s)
      Huakang Bian, Kenta Aoyagi, Kenta, Yamanaka, Akihiko Chiba
    • Organizer
      日本金属学会2021年秋期第169回講演大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2022-12-28  

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