Demonstrating the roles of solute and nucleant in grain refinement of additively manufactured aluminium alloys
Qiyang Tan, Yu Yin, Arvind Prasad, Gan Li, Qiang Zhu, David Henry StJohn, Mingxing Zhang
Topics & Concepts
NucleationMaterials scienceSupercoolingDendrite (mathematics)Grain growthCastingAluminiumRefining (metallurgy)MetallurgyTemperature gradientWork (physics)Grain sizeThermodynamicsMathematicsQuantum mechanicsGeometryPhysicsAdditive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesAluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies