Liquid metal processing : applications to aluminium alloy production

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅶ
• List of Abbreviations = ⅸ
• List of Symbols = xi
• Introduction = 1
• Chapter 1. Structural rearrangements in metallic melts = 7
• 1.1. Experimental methods for investigating structural rearrangements in melts = 7
• 1.2. Structural transformations in liquid metals = 18
• 1.3. Effect of impurities on the structure and properties of liquid metals = 24
• 1.4. Cluster nature of impurity effects in melts = 35
• 1.5. The structure of concentrated liquid metallic solutions = 45
• 1.6. Transmittance of hereditary traits in the "charge-melt-ingot" chain and non-equilibrium states of liquid alloys = 53
• 1.7. Metastable microheterogeneity of liquid metallic solutions = 59
• 1.8. Thermodynamical basis for the concept of metastable microheterogeneity of melts = 75
• 1.9. Perspective methods of liquid aluminium alloys processing = 83
• Chapter 2. Effect of heat-time treatment(HTT) of melts on the structure and properties of aluminium alloys = 85
• 2.1. Results of investigations of structural rearrangements in aluminium-based liquid alloys = 86
• 2.2. Some regularities of the structure formation in alloys obtained by solidification from microheterogeneous melts = 105
• 2.3. Peculiarities of the structure formation in alloys obtained with the use of homogenizing HTT of melts = 128
• 2.4. Commercial alloys produced with the use of technology based on HTT of melts = 138
• Chapter 3. Modification as a means of controlling the structure of liquid and solid alloys = 147
• 3.1. Classification of modifiers = 147
• 3.2. Modifying master alloys prepared with the use of HTT of the melt = 150
• 3.3. Role of low-melting surface-active additives in the formation of the structure of aluminium alloys = 159
• 3.4. Effect of modifiers on the structure of liquid alloys = 169
• 3.5. Microalloying as a tool for improving properties of some commercial alloys = 182
• Chapter 4. Ultrasonic treatment of aluminium melts as an alternative to HTT for improving the quality of castings and deformed semi-finished products = 193
• 4.1. Specific features of initiation and development of acoustic cavitation and acoustic microflows in aluminium-based alloys = 194
• 4.2. Effect of ultrasonic treatment on the distribution of components and phase constituents of metallic melts = 201
• 4.3. Effect of ultrasonic treatment of melts on the ingot structure = 211
• 4.4. Effect of cavitation melt treatment on primary crystallization of natural aluminium-based composites = 220
• 4.5. Technological aspects of ultrasonic treatment of liquid aluminium alloys = 222
• 4.6. Effect of ultrasonic treatment of melts on the structure and properties of deformed semi-finished products obtained from aluminium alloys = 228
• 4.7. Ultrasonic equipment for liquid aluminium alloy processing = 236
• Conclusion = 245
• References = 247
• Index = 265