The crystal detachment behaviors from a chilling solid surface with vibration were investigated using a transparent NH4Cl-70%H2O alloy.The nucleation experiments of NH4Cl-70%H2O alloy were performed on a chilling surface generator with various vibration frequency from 20 to 1 000 Hz and vibration acceleration from 10 to 100 m/s2.The results indicate that the crystal detach rate increases and the grains are refined with increasing vibration acceleration under a certain vibration frequency.It is interesting to note that,when the frequency is 50 Hz,acceleration is 100 m/s2,the crystal detach rate increases sharply and the grain refinement effect is strengthened.A special grain refinement phenomenon can be observed,when the vibration acceleration and frequency are up to a critical value.A power-based definition was introduced in order to describe the relationship between the vibration parameters and imposed power on the system.It is found that a power criterion exists for the grain refinement in the current system.
Morphological evolution of non-dendritic microstructure during the solidification of succinonitrile-5%water(SCN-5%Wat) transparent alloy under mechanical stirring was experimentally investigated.The incubation time for the formation of non-dendritic microstructures decreased rapidly and the microstructure was gradually refined with the increase of stirring rate and cooling rate.When the stirring rate and cooling rate were low,the incubation time for the formation of non-dendritic microstructures decreased obviously with the increase of the melt undercooling.When the stirring rate was high,the effect of the melt undercooling on the incubation time for the formation of non-dendritic microstructures was weak.The morphology of primary microstructures had an important influence on the subsequent morphological evolution of these microstructures during the isothermal holding of the melt without stirring.It was found that when there were dendrites in the undercooled melt,the dendrites would be dissolved and the final microstructure would be replaced by the re-nucleated globular crystals if the stirring time was long enough.
