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Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure of Continuous Unidirectional Solidified Cu–Ni–Sn Alloy

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Cu–15%Ni–8%Sn alloy was prepared by continuous unidirectional solidification (CUS) processing and the as-cast CUS Cu–15%Ni–8%Sn alloy was homogenized. The evolution of microstructure and composition distribution of as-cast and annealed CUS Cu–15%Ni–8%Sn alloy was analyzed. The results show that the microstructure of as-cast CUS Cu–15%Ni–8%Sn is mainly composed of coarse columnar grains and there exist segregation phenomenon in the grain boundaries. After annealing at temperature of 850°C for 30 min, it was found that the composition of the alloy began to become uniform and the solutes gathered at the grain boundaries diffused into the columnar grains.

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This work was supported by the project of Yangtze Normal University (2017KYQD130).

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Luo, J.H., Li, Q., Chen, Y.H., Liu, S., Wen, Q.Y., Ding, H.M. (2019). Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure of Continuous Unidirectional Solidified Cu–Ni–Sn Alloy. In: Lambotte, G., Lee, J., Allanore, A., Wagstaff, S. (eds) Materials Processing Fundamentals 2019. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05728-2_15

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