The influence of CaO addition on grain refinement of cast magnesium alloys

CaO was validated as an effective grain refiner for cast Mg alloys. 0.7wt.% CaO addition led to significant reduction in grain size. As CaO particles were reproducibly found within the Mg grains, it was considered that CaO particles promoted heterogeneous nucleation. Additionally, some CaO particles...

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Published in:Scripta materialia 2016-03, Vol.114, p.103-107
Main Authors: Ali, Yahia, Qiu, Dong, Jiang, Bin, Pan, Fusheng, Zhang, Ming-Xing
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CaO
Casting
Chemical reactions
Grain refinement
Grain size
Inoculation
Magnesium alloys
Magnesium base alloys
Melts
Nucleation
Reduction
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Summary:CaO was validated as an effective grain refiner for cast Mg alloys. 0.7wt.% CaO addition led to significant reduction in grain size. As CaO particles were reproducibly found within the Mg grains, it was considered that CaO particles promoted heterogeneous nucleation. Additionally, some CaO particles were chemically reduced by Mg, which produced Ca solute and contributed to the grain refinement. The present work indicates that co-existence of active nucleants and solutes with high Q-values in the melt is essential to achieve the highest grain refining efficiency. For Mg alloys, chemical reactions should also be considered at inoculation treatment. [Display omitted]
ISSN:1359-6462
1872-8456
DOI:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.12.015