Revealing and characterising solidification structure of ductile cast iron

This study deals with the solidification and microsegregation processes of near eutectic ductile cast iron. A detailed analysis of old and new solidification models was made. Metallographic techniques, developed elsewhere by the authors, were used to reveal the solidification microstructure and macr...

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Autores: Rivera, Graciela Leonor, Boeri, Roberto Enrique, Sikora, Jorge Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/55194
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/55194
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
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Sumario:This study deals with the solidification and microsegregation processes of near eutectic ductile cast iron. A detailed analysis of old and new solidification models was made. Metallographic techniques, developed elsewhere by the authors, were used to reveal the solidification microstructure and macrostructure. The results allow a new solidification model to be proposed, where each solidification unit is a grain of eutectic austenite that has a dendritic substructure and contains a very large number of graphite nodules. A pattern of microsegregation exists inside each solidification grain, while no intergranular microsegregation has been detected. A procedure to characterise the solidification refinement was developed considering the location of the last to freeze areas. © 2002 IoM Communications Ltd.