Different sized single droplets of Cu-6%Sn alloy were prepared by drop on demand(DOD)technique.The secondarydendrite arm spacing was measured and correlated with the droplet cooling rate by a semi-empirical formula.Th...Different sized single droplets of Cu-6%Sn alloy were prepared by drop on demand(DOD)technique.The secondarydendrite arm spacing was measured and correlated with the droplet cooling rate by a semi-empirical formula.The microstructure ofdroplets was observed by optical microscopy(OM)and electro backscatter diffraction(EBSD).The dendrite feature of singledroplets depends on solidification rate,cooling medium and flight distance.When droplets collide with each other at temperaturesbetween solidus and liquidus,the dendrites and grains are refined obviously possibly because the collision enhances the heat transfer.The cooling rate of colliding droplets is estimated to be more than4×104K/s based on a Newton’s cooling model.The dendritesgrow along the colliding direction because of the temperature gradient induced by the internal flow inside the droplets.展开更多
Processing soft ferromagnetic glass-forming alloys through gas atomization and consolidation is the most effective technique to produce bulk samples.The commercial viability of these materials depends on commercial pu...Processing soft ferromagnetic glass-forming alloys through gas atomization and consolidation is the most effective technique to produce bulk samples.The commercial viability of these materials depends on commercial purity feedstock.However,crystallization in commercial purity feedstock is several orders of magnitude faster than in high purity materials.The production of amorphous powders with commercial purity requires high cooling rates,which can only be achieved by extending the common process window in conventional gas atomization.The development of novel cooling strategies during molten metal gas atomization on two model alloys({(Fe0.6Co0.4)0.75B0.2Si0.05}96Nb4 and Fe76B10Si9P5)is reported.Hydrogen inducement during liquid quenching significantly improved the glass-forming ability and soft magnetic properties of{(Fe0.6Co0.4)0.75B0.2Si0.05}96Nb4 powders.Spark plasma sintering experiments verified that amorphous rings could be produced regardless of the cooling strategies used.While the saturation magnetization was almost unaffected by consolidation,the coercivity increased slightly and permeability decreased significantly.The magnetic properties of the final bulk samples were independent of feedstock quality.The developed cooling strategies provide a great opportunity for the commercialization of soft ferromagnetic glass-forming alloys with commercial purity.展开更多
基金Project(51301143)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2014M560727)supported by the National Postdoctoral Foundation of China+1 种基金Project(2015GZ0228)supported by the Sichuan Province Science-Technology Support Plan,ChinaProject(2682014CX001)supported by the Science and Technology Innovation Project of SWJTU University,China
文摘Different sized single droplets of Cu-6%Sn alloy were prepared by drop on demand(DOD)technique.The secondarydendrite arm spacing was measured and correlated with the droplet cooling rate by a semi-empirical formula.The microstructure ofdroplets was observed by optical microscopy(OM)and electro backscatter diffraction(EBSD).The dendrite feature of singledroplets depends on solidification rate,cooling medium and flight distance.When droplets collide with each other at temperaturesbetween solidus and liquidus,the dendrites and grains are refined obviously possibly because the collision enhances the heat transfer.The cooling rate of colliding droplets is estimated to be more than4×104K/s based on a Newton’s cooling model.The dendritesgrow along the colliding direction because of the temperature gradient induced by the internal flow inside the droplets.
基金financially supported by the Industrielle Gemeinschaftsforschung IGF(Grant No.19219 N/1)the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(Grant No.18K04767)+1 种基金V.Uhlenwinkel and L.Madler also greatly acknowledge funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG)-Project(No.276397488-SFB 1232)for partly supporting this researchthe financial support through the following scholarships:MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes at the University of Bremen and the Cooperative Research and Development Center for Advanced Materials at Tohoku University(No.GIMRT-18GK0015)。
文摘Processing soft ferromagnetic glass-forming alloys through gas atomization and consolidation is the most effective technique to produce bulk samples.The commercial viability of these materials depends on commercial purity feedstock.However,crystallization in commercial purity feedstock is several orders of magnitude faster than in high purity materials.The production of amorphous powders with commercial purity requires high cooling rates,which can only be achieved by extending the common process window in conventional gas atomization.The development of novel cooling strategies during molten metal gas atomization on two model alloys({(Fe0.6Co0.4)0.75B0.2Si0.05}96Nb4 and Fe76B10Si9P5)is reported.Hydrogen inducement during liquid quenching significantly improved the glass-forming ability and soft magnetic properties of{(Fe0.6Co0.4)0.75B0.2Si0.05}96Nb4 powders.Spark plasma sintering experiments verified that amorphous rings could be produced regardless of the cooling strategies used.While the saturation magnetization was almost unaffected by consolidation,the coercivity increased slightly and permeability decreased significantly.The magnetic properties of the final bulk samples were independent of feedstock quality.The developed cooling strategies provide a great opportunity for the commercialization of soft ferromagnetic glass-forming alloys with commercial purity.
