J Mater Sci Technol ›› 1993, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (6): 464-466.

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Featureless Zone in Rapidly Solidified Aluminum Alloy Splats

Ningfu SHEN Yali TANG Dongjie ZHANG Longqing CHEN Shaokang GUAN Research Centre for Materials,Zhengzhou Institute of Technology,Zhengzhou,450002,China   

  • Received:1993-11-28 Revised:1993-11-28 Online:1993-11-28 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: The microstructures of rapidly solidified (RS) Al-Fe-Ce-Ti and Al-Fe-V-Si alloys obtained by means of rotating blade quenching were studied with optical microscopy,transmission electron microscopy (TEM).The featureless zone observed in the two alloys reveals that the new technique offers a higher solidification rate than the inert-gas-atomized method.Under TEM observation the featureless zone presents virtually a micropartition or partitionless feature,and the solute contents in it are almost the same as the chemical composition of alloys.

Key words: rapid solidification, rotating blade quenching, aluminum alloy, featureless zone