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Thermal analysis and sessile drop method were adopted to analyze the solidification process of Fe-C-Si alloy. The influence of the undercooling, the recalescence temperature difference of primary graphite nucleation, and the liquid-solid interface energy on the growth morphology of graphite in the process of solidification of Fe-C-Si alloy were investigated. The results show that the solidification characteristic of the graphite spheroidizing with Ce addition is characterized by the significant reduction in the nucleation temperature. However, even giving a small undercooling to the alloy with the Ce addition, the graphite morphology changed from sphericity to flake. This transformation is totally dependent on the degree of undercooling in the crystallization. So the nodulizer is not sufficient condition of graphite spheroidization, but undercooling is a primary factor that promotes the spheroidization of graphite during the solidification. The solidification curves also show that the recalescence temperature difference of flaky graphite is higher than that of spherical graphite, which reflects the growth speed of graphite, namely, the speed of flaky graphite is faster than that of spheroidal graphite. The liquid-solid interface energy on the (0001) surface is higher than that of (10T0) surface, so the former growth morphology of graphite is spheroidal, the latter is flaky.
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Foundry
ISSN: 1001-4977
CN: 21-1188/TG
Year: 2009
Issue: 7
Volume: 58
Page: 705-709
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