Nondestructive effect of the cusp magnetic field on the dendritic microstructure during the directional solidification of Nickel-based single crystal superalloy

Xiaotan Yuan¹，Tao Zhou¹，Weili Ren¹，Jianchao Peng²，Tianxiang Zheng¹，Long Hou¹，Jianbo Yu¹，Zhongming Ren¹，Peter K.Liaw³，Yunbo Zhong¹

1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University2. Laboratory for Microstructures, Shanghai University3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee

摘 要：The mechanical-property improvement of directionally-solidified Nickel-based single crystal（SC） superalloy with the single-direction magnetic fields is limited by their destructiveness on the dendritic microstructure.Here,the work present breaks through the bottleneck.It shows that the application of the cusp magnetic field（CMF） ensures that the dendrites are not destroyed.This feature embodies that the primary dendrite trunks arrange regularly and orderly,as well the secondary dendrite arms grow symmetrically.By contrast,both the unidirectional transverse and longitudinal magnetic field destroy the dendrite morphology,and there are a number of stray grains near the totally-re melted interface.The nondestructive effect is achieved mainly by the combined action of the thermoelectromagnetic force on the dendrites and thermoelectromagnetic convection in the melt during directional solidification.The investigation should contribute a new route for dramatically and effectively improving the crystal quality and mechanical properties of the directionally-solidified alloys.

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