Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Scripta Materialia
Publication Date
Page Numbers
2191 to 2196
Volume
54
Issue
12
Abstract
Careful experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of solute element on grain refinement in aluminum based eutectic alloys. Grain size of the as-cast structure was measured. The measured grain size was plotted against the undercooling parameter, P, the growth restriction factor, Q, and the solidification interval, ��T, of the alloys. The results indicated that grain size decreases with increasing ��T monotonically over the whole range of the hypoeutectic compositions whereas the relationships between the grain size and P or Q are ��V�� type curves.