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In-situ fabrication of functionally graded

Al/Mg2Si by electromagnetic separation

Li Jianguolijg@sjtu.edu.cn

School of Materials Science and Engineering,

Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China

2nd Sino-Germany Workshop on Electromagnetic Processing of Materials

Outline:

1. Motivation

2. Principle of the process

3. Experiments and results

4. Summary

Motivation

The in-situ Al-Mg2Si composites have great potential applications in the automotive and aerospace industries due to their excellent properties.

1.Problems:Hard and fragile primary phases (eg. Mg2Si in Al-Mg-Si) may harmful to mechanical properties

2.Solution:Gradient distributed from the surface to the center—Functionally graded materials(FGMs).

The process of FGMs by EMS

The process of in-situ FGMs by electromagnetic separation (EMS) method is recently proposed by our laboratory. It produces the in-situ FGMs using usual casting under electromagnetic field by one-step. So it lower the production cost. And it can produce the thermodynamically stable systems by in-situ nucleation and growth of the reinforcing particles from the parent melt.

Principle of the process

I

Electromagnetic forcesElectromagnetic Archimedes forces

B

Particle

Melt

Principle of the process of in-situ FGMs by Electromagnetic Separation method

Movement direction

B

I

Primary particles

Melt

Casting mould

Movement analysis of particle

• Electromagnetic Archimedes force acting on a spherical primary particle can be written:

BJd

FE

622

3 3

21

21

• The buoyant force due to gravity imposed on the primary particle is stated as:

gdFG 21

3

6

(1)

(2)

• The terminal migration velocity of primary particle as:

• The motion drag force of the primary particles in the molten metal is expressed as:

2

1

2

24

vdCF DR (3)

)(22

3

3

421

21

21

1

2

gBJ

C

dv

Dt

(4)

• When these forces are in the balance:

0 GER FFF

(5)

where v is the velocity of the primary particle and the viscosity of the melt.

)1( eRAnd when the mode of the movement is transition flow ,

gBJd

vt 1221

212

22

3

18

( 6 )

CD is the drag coefficient, which is related to the Reynolds number

. with laminar flow,

( 7 )

Re

10DC

3

2

1221

21

3

1

115

2

25

1

gBJd

vt

)1( eR Re

24DC

vd 1Re

Experiments and results

• Equipments of experiment

• Effects of Element Ti

• Effects of process parameters

Equipment

Electromagnet

Molten metal

Casting mould

DC Power

N

S

CathodeAnode

Upper mould

Lower mould

Casting gate

(a) (b)

Schematic of equipments used in the process of FGMs by EMS method: ( a ) Top view of the equipments, ( b ) Front view of the equipments.

Effects of element Ti on Microstructures of particle packed region

(b)

0.5mm

0.5mm

(c)

0.5mm

(c)

Process parameters:Pouring temperature: 850oC

Mould temperature: 400oC

Electromagnetic force: 5×104 N/m3

Composition:

Al-15Mg2Si –5Si

Composition:

Al-15Mg2Si –5Si-4Ti

α

β δ

50μm

(a)

50μm

(b) β

• β is Al3Ti• δ is a kind of Al-Si-Ti ternary intermetallic compounds, an

d composition is 65.12at.%Al-13.47at.%Si-21.41at.%Ti

Microstructures at higher magnification of Al-15Mg2Si –5Si-4Ti samples

Process parameters:Pouring temperature: 850oCMould temperature of : 400oCElectromagnetic force: 5×104 N/m3

Composition: Al-15Mg2Si –5Si-4Ti

0.5mm

(a)

(b)

0.5mm

0.5mm

(c)

30mm

20mm

A

D

B

C

E

0.2mm

(d)

0.2mm

(e)

Microstructures of in-situ Al/MgSi FGMs by EMS Method

B

I

0.5mm

(b)

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

0

3

6

9

12

15

18

Lower sideUpper side

Vo

lum

e fr

acti

on

, V

ol%

Distance, mm

5× 104 N m/ 3

3× 104 N m/ 3

1× 104 N m/ 3

Microstructures of upper side in the samples

0.5mm

(a)

0.5mm

(c)

5×104 N/m3

3×104 N/m3

1×104 N/m3

Effects of the electromagnetic force on particle distributions

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 90.0

0.3

0.6

0.9

1.2

1.5

1.8

2.1

2.4

2.7

3.0

1mm

/vt ,

Sec

Electromagnetic force, 104 N/m3

20 um 50 um 80 um 110 um 140 um

Movement time of particles for unit distance (1m

m) vs the electromagnetic force

0.5mm

(a)

0.5mm

(b)

0.5mm

(c)

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

0

4

8

12

16

20

24

Lower sideUpper side

Vo

lum

e fr

acti

on

,V

ol%

Distance, mm

600oC

400oC

200oC

Microstructures of upper side in the samples

600oC

400oC

200oC

Effects of mould temperature on particle distribution

0.5mm

(b)

0.5mm

(c)

0.5mm

(a)

Microstructures of upper side in the samples

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

0

4

8

12

16

20

Lower sideUpper side

Vo

lum

e fr

acti

on

, V

ol%

Distance, mm

850oC

800oC

750oC

850oC

800oC

750oC

Effects of pouring temperature on the particle distributions

0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24550

600

650

700

750

800

850

Liquidustemperature

Eutectic reactiontemperature

Tem

per

atu

re,

oC

Solidification time, Min

200 oC

400 oC

600 oC

Cooling curves of melt

0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21550

600

650

700

750

800

850

900

Eutectic reaction temperature

Liquidus temperature

Solidification time, Min T

emp

erat

ure

,oC

900 oC

850 oC

Effects of mould temperature

Effects of Pouring temperature

Al-15Mg2Si-5Si-4Ti

0.5mm

(b)

0.5mm

(c)

0.5mm

(a)

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

0

4

8

12

16

20

24

28

Lower side

15wt.% 20wt.% 25wt.%

Upper side

Vo

lum

e fr

acti

on

, V

ol%

Distance, mm

Microstructures of upper side in the samples

Al-20Mg2Si-5Si-3.75Ti

Effects of the composition on particle distributions

Al-25Mg2Si-5Si-3.5Ti

Summary

1. In-situ Al/Mg2Si FGMs was successfully prepared by EMS method.

2. Additional element Ti can prevent primary Mg2Si particles from forming the particle clusters.

3. There exists a critical value of electromagnetic force, and the In-situ Al/Mg2Si FGMs can be prepared by EMS method only when the electromagnetic force is beyond it.

4. Increasing of the electromagnetic force and the content of Mg2Si and decreasing of the solidification rate can make the particle volume fraction of the particle packed region and the gradient of particle distributions increase.

Acknowledgements:

The work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

We express our sincere thanks for their financial support.

The end

Thank you!

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