Directional Solidification and Characterization of Hg1−xCdxTe Alloys

1981 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Lehoczky ◽  
F. R. Szofran

ABSTRACTA series of Hg1−xCdxTe alloy crystals was grown by high-temperature-gradient directional solidification at furnace translation rates ranging from 0.068 to 1.12 μm/s. For several ingots, the measured longitudinal compositional profiles were fitted to theoretical profiles to estimate the magnitude of D, the liquid HgTe-CdTe interdiffusion coefficient. The best-fit value of D was about 5.5 × 105 cm2/s. The majority of the ingots showed significant radial compositional variations along the growth axis. These variations are attributed, at least in part, to fluid flows ahead of the growth interface. The results are discussed in terms of the heat transfer characteristics of the alloy/ampule/ furnace system and the effects of these characteristics on the shape and stability of the growth interface in a 1-g environment.

2017 ◽  
Vol 898 ◽  
pp. 422-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Guo Zhang ◽  
Zhi Jie Liu ◽  
Song Ke Feng ◽  
Fu Zeng Yang ◽  
Lin Liu

The stress rupture life of DZ125 nickel-based superalloy that was prepared by directional solidification process under the temperature gradient of 500 K/cm has been studied at 900°C and 235MPa. The results showed that with the increase of directional solidification rate from 50 μm/s to 800 μm/s, the primary dendrite arm spacing reduced from 94 μm to 35.8 μm and γ' precipitates reduced and more uniformed in size. The high temperature stress rupture life of as-cast sample increased firstly and then decreased and reached its maximum at the solidification rate of 500 μm/s. The dislocation configuration of sample with refine dendritic structure after stress rupture was investigated and discovered that the dislocations in different parts of sample had different morphology and density, which indicated that the deformation of as-cast samples were uneven during high temperature stress rupture. A lot of dislocations intertwined around carbides and at the interface of γ/γ', and the dislocation networks were destroyed and the dislocations entered γ' precipitate by the way of cutting.


Author(s):  
Peng Chen ◽  
Gap-Yong Kim ◽  
Jun Ni

Porous metallic micro-scale features are becoming important in the modern industry. However, a mass production of such features is a challenge when robustness, cost-effectiveness, and high productivity requirements are considered. In this study, the fabrication of such porous micro-features using hot compaction was investigated. A hot compaction experiment setup was designed and fabricated, which was capable of high temperature operation (up to 700 °C), quick heat-up, and avoiding oxidation of workpiece and tools. A 3D thermal simulation of the experiment setup was conducted to understand the heat transfer characteristics of the system, which was used as a reference for the experiment. The effects of compression loading force and temperature on the compact quality in terms of powder consolidation strength and porosity were studied.


Energies ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 5548-5565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Weith ◽  
Florian Heberle ◽  
Markus Preißinger ◽  
Dieter Brüggemann

2016 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 902-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingxing Wang ◽  
Dong Lin ◽  
Qian Xie ◽  
Zhaodong Wang ◽  
Guodong Wang

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