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Modeling of irregular eutectic microstructures in solidification of Al-Si alloys

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A modified cellular automaton (MCA) model was developed and applied to simulate the evolution of solidification microstructures of both eutectic and hypoeutectic Al-Si alloys. The present MCA model considers the equilibrium and metastable equilibrium solidification processes in a multiphase system. It accounts for the aspects including the nucleation of a new phase, the growth of primary α dendrites and two eutectic solid phases from a single liquid phase, as well as the coupling between the phase transformation and solute redistribution in liquid. The effects of alloy composition and eutectic undercooling on eutectic morphology and eutectic nucleation mode were investigated. The simulated results were compared with those obtained experimentally.

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Zhu, M.F., Hong, C.P. Modeling of irregular eutectic microstructures in solidification of Al-Si alloys. Metall Mater Trans A 35, 1555–1563 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-004-0262-x

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