In-situ X-ray monitoring of solidification and related processes of metal alloys

G Reinhart, DJ Browne, F Kargl, F García-Moreno… - npj …, 2023 - nature.com
X-ray radioscopy enables the in-situ monitoring of metal alloy processes and then gives
access to crucial information on the dynamics of the underlying phenomena. In the last …

[HTML][HTML] Research progress on solidification structure of alloys by synchrotron X-ray radiography: A review

Y Wang, S Jia, M Wei, L Peng, Y Wu, X Liu - Journal of Magnesium and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The synchrotron radiation technology has recently emerged as a powerful tool to
characterize the real-time microstructure evolution during solidification of alloys. Compared …

Tomoscopy: Time‐resolved tomography for dynamic processes in materials

F García‐Moreno, PH Kamm, TR Neu, F Bülk… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The structure and constitution of opaque materials can be studied with X‐ray imaging
methods such as 3D tomography. To observe the dynamic evolution of their structure and …

Heterogeneous nucleation and grain growth of inoculated aluminium alloys: An integrated study by in-situ X-radiography and numerical modelling

Y Xu, D Casari, Q Du, RH Mathiesen, L Arnberg, Y Li - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
A comprehensive study on the heterogeneous nucleation and grain growth of Al-10 wt.% Cu
alloys inoculated with Al-5Ti-1B was carried out. To further reveal the solute segregation …

Revealing the heterogeneous nucleation behavior of equiaxed grains of inoculated Al alloys during directional solidification

Y Xu, D Casari, RH Mathiesen, Y Li - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
An in-situ study on the directional solidification of an inoculated Al-20 wt% Cu alloy under
well-controlled constant cooling rates and temperature gradients has been carried out using …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of nanoparticles on dendritic grain growth in Mg alloys

E Guo, S Shuai, D Kazantsev, S Karagadde… - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Melt processing offers a cost effective method for producing metal matrix nanocomposite
(MMNC) components; however, the influence of nanoparticles on the evolving …

In situ investigation of the Columnar-to-Equiaxed Transition during directional solidification of Al–20 wt.% Cu alloys on Earth and in microgravity

F Ngomesse, G Reinhart, H Soltani, G Zimmermann… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Solidification experiments on Al–20 wt.% Cu alloys with grain refiner were performed in a
Bridgman-type furnace to investigate the impact of gravity-driven phenomena on the …

In-situ X-ray radiography of primary Fe-rich intermetallic compound formation

S Feng, E Liotti, A Lui, MD Wilson, T Connolley… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The formation of primary Fe-rich intermetallic compound crystals and the effect of TiB 2 and
TiC inoculation during solidification of a hypereutectic Al-Fe alloy has been investigated …

An in situ investigation of the solute suppressed nucleation zone in an Al-15 wt% Cu alloy inoculated by Al-Ti-B

Y Jia, H Huang, Y Fu, G Zhu, D Shu, B Sun, DH StJohn - Scripta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
The solute concentration profile ahead of the solid-liquid (SL) interface and the size of the
solute suppressed nucleation zone (SSNZ) were studied in situ by synchrotron X-ray …

Heterogeneous nucleation models to predict grain size in solidification

SB Park - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous nucleation models in solidification have been developed to predict grain
size over several decades. Up to now, the models are divided into three categories. The first …