| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 321, 2020
The 14th World Conference on Titanium (Ti 2019)
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| Article Number | 10009 | |
| Number of page(s) | 12 | |
| Section | Melting and Casting | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202032110009 | |
| Published online | 12 October 2020 | |
Freckles pattern and microstructure feature of Nb-Ti alloy produced by vacuum arc remelting
1 Western Superconducting Technologies Co.,Ltd, Xi’an 710018, China
Nb-Ti alloys are normally produced by vacuum arc remelting process. Due to inadequate processing parameters, freckles can be observed in macroetched ingots. In the present work, visual, chemical, metallographic, and X-ray are presented which establish the appearance, composition, microstructure differences between freckle regions and normal regions. It has been observed that in freckles parallel to the ingot axis, the Ti content is up to 53wt%, 7wt% higher than normal regions. It is also shown that a lot of precipitation phases appeared in freckle regions, because of the thermosolutal convection in the mushy zone. The Rayleigh number, which recommended as a criterion for freckle initiation, has been calculated that using a VAR melting software. Based on the experimental results and simulation results, it is concluded that freckles can be influenced by processing parameters, and freckles in Nb-Ti alloy can be eliminated by matching appropriate processing parameters.
Key words: Nb-Ti alloy / Freckle / Vacuum arc remelting
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2020
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