Effects of Cooling Rates on Thermal Profiles and Microstructure of Aluminium 7075
The effects of different cooling rates on thermal profiles and microstructures of aluminium 7075 are presented in this paper. The 7075 alloy was heated in a graphite crucible to 750 °C. In the experimental work two thermocouples were used to record the temperatures at the centre and 30 mm from the c...
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ump-40642018-05-16T03:56:02Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4064/ Effects of Cooling Rates on Thermal Profiles and Microstructure of Aluminium 7075 Asnul Hadi, Ahmad Naher, Sumsun Brabazon, D. TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The effects of different cooling rates on thermal profiles and microstructures of aluminium 7075 are presented in this paper. The 7075 alloy was heated in a graphite crucible to 750 °C. In the experimental work two thermocouples were used to record the temperatures at the centre and 30 mm from the centre of the graphite crucible. A slow cooling rate condition was achieved by placing the crucible into a chamber with Kaowool insulation. A higher cooling rate was achieved by placing the crucible in open atmosphere with controlled air flow over the crucible. The slow and high cooling rates were 0.03 °C/s and 0.4 °C/s respectively. The Data Acquisition (DAQ) system implemented using LabVIEW software to record the temperature-time profiles. Using Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA), the enthalpy of phase change at each temperature was estimated from the cooling curves. The changes of cooling rate were directly related to phase transformation including at liquidus, eutectic and solidus temperatures. The dendritic coherency point (DCP) was determined from analysis of the temperature difference between two thermocouples. The formation of DCP was found to be delayed with use of the slow cooling rate. DCP occurred at 610.2 °C (0.75 fraction solid) for the slow cooling rate and at 633.1 °C (0.3 fraction solid) for the higher cooling rate. The microstructure features were also found to alter significantly with the different cooling rates used. The microstructure was more spheroidal for the higher cooling rate compared with the slow cooling rate. Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4064/1/P133.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4064/2/fkm-2014-hasnul-effects_of_cooling_rates.pdf Asnul Hadi, Ahmad and Naher, Sumsun and Brabazon, D. (2014) Effects of Cooling Rates on Thermal Profiles and Microstructure of Aluminium 7075. International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering (IJAME), 9. pp. 1685-1694. ISSN 2180-1606 http://dx.doi.org/10.15282/ijame.9.2013.18.0140 DOI: 10.15282/ijame.9.2013.18.0140 |
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The effects of different cooling rates on thermal profiles and microstructures of aluminium 7075 are presented in this paper. The 7075 alloy was heated in a graphite crucible to 750 °C. In the experimental work two thermocouples were used to record the temperatures at the centre and 30 mm from the centre of the graphite crucible. A slow cooling rate condition was achieved by placing the crucible into a chamber with Kaowool insulation. A higher cooling rate was achieved by placing the crucible in open atmosphere with controlled air flow over the crucible. The slow and high cooling rates were 0.03 °C/s and 0.4 °C/s respectively. The Data Acquisition (DAQ) system implemented using LabVIEW software to record the temperature-time profiles. Using Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA), the enthalpy of phase change at each temperature was estimated from the cooling curves. The changes of cooling rate were directly related to phase transformation including at liquidus, eutectic and solidus temperatures. The dendritic coherency point (DCP) was determined from analysis of the temperature difference between two thermocouples. The formation of DCP was found to be delayed with use of the slow cooling rate. DCP occurred at 610.2 °C (0.75 fraction solid) for the slow cooling rate and at 633.1 °C (0.3 fraction solid) for the higher cooling rate. The microstructure features were also found to alter significantly with the different cooling rates used. The microstructure was more spheroidal for the higher cooling rate compared with the slow cooling rate. |
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Effects of Cooling Rates on Thermal Profiles and Microstructure of Aluminium 7075 |
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Effects of Cooling Rates on Thermal Profiles and Microstructure of Aluminium 7075 |
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