Solidification microstructure of laser remelted Al2O3ZrO2 eutectic

Autor: Bourban, S., Karapatis, N., Hofmann, H., Kurz, W.
Zdroj: Acta Materialia; 1997, Vol. 45 Issue: 12 p5069-5075, 7p
Abstrakt: Surface resolidification experiments using a high power CO2-laser have been performed on an Al2O3ZrO2 containing 36.8 at.% ZrO2 eutectic alloy at beam velocities between 0.3 and 8 mm·s−1. The local growth rate has been measured by observation of the orientation of the microstructure using scanning electron microscopy. In the whole range of velocities, the structure is essentially a regular lamellar eutectic and the value of the growth productλ2V was found to be ≈ 9.6·10−17 m3·s−1. The measured eutectic spacings were compared with Jackson and Hunt model. Using thermophysical properties from the literature, the measured spacings were more than four times larger than the calculated ones. Assuming all parameters of the growth relationship except the diffusion coefficient to be of the right order of magnitude or to have a negligible influence, agreement is found when using a larger liquid diffusion coefficient,DL≈5·10−10m2·s−1.
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