Neutron radiographic measurement of macrosegregation in an experimentally solidified binary metal alloy

Kim, B; Prescott, P J

Title: Neutron radiographic measurement of macrosegregation in an experimentally solidified binary metal alloy

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Neutron radiography is considered as a mean of extending and improving experimental verification methods for alloy solidification models. A gallium-27 wt. pct. indium alloy is solidified in a square cavity, chilled along one vertical side wall, and macrosegregation in solidified ingots is measured using neutron radiography. Neutron radiographs are recorded on X-ray film, and since the neutron capture cross-section of indium is more than an order of magnitude larger than that of gallium, good contrast between indium enriched and depleted zones is obtained. Moreover, calibration, film processing, and digital image processing procedures are developed in order to accurately quantify the macrosegregation recorded on neutron radiographs. The method yields a highly resolved macrosegregation field, rather than a few discrete measurements, and is used to help interpret measured cooling curves and infer thermosolutal convection patterns, which existed during solidification.

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Kim, B; Prescott, P J ^[1]

Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Publication Date:: Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996

Sponsoring Org.:: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 428083

Report Number(s):: CONF-960815-
ISBN 0-7918-1505-6; TRN: IM9708%%412

Resource Type:: Book

Resource Relation:: Conference: 31. national heat transfer conference, Houston, TX (United States), 3-6 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of ASME proceedings of the 31. national heat transfer conference: Volume 1. HTD-Volume 323; Prasad, V. [ed.] [State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY (United States)]; Bergman, T.L. [ed.] [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)]; Thynell, S.T. [ed.] [Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)] [and others]; PB: 321 p.

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; GALLIUM BASE ALLOYS; SOLIDIFICATION; SEGREGATION; INDIUM ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOY SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; CONVECTION

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