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Solidification model and numerical calculations are presented describing the solidification of a thin wall ductile iron with hypo-, hyper- and eutectic composition. The principal assumptions of the kinetic nature of growth, depending on undercooling in respect of the equilibrium lines, have been adopted, disregarding the diffusion processes, which was justified by the rapid course of the crystallization process in a thin-walled casting. This kinetic model was operating in a correct mode when it was completed with adjusted calculations of the carbon amount diffusing through the austenite film around the graphite nodules. The applied model of diffusion determined jointly with the kinetic model of the growth of graphite and austenite resulted in high-speed calculation program. Quite interesting are the results showing distinct differences in the kinetics of solidification and final structure of the cast iron with the same degree of eutectic saturation, but different content of C and Si.
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Kapturkiewicz, W., Burbelko, A. (2015). Undercooling, Cooling Curves and Nodule Count for Hypo-, Hyper- and Eutectic Thin-Walled Ductile Iron Castings. In: Nastac, L., et al. Advances in the Science and Engineering of Casting Solidification. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48117-3_37
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