Catalytic nucleation of a meta-stable δ phase in phase-seeded undercooled Fe75Ni25 melts

作     者：Y.Z. Chen, X.H. Shi, F. Liu, G.C. Yang, Y.H. Zhou State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710072, China 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi’an Shaanxi 710072 China 

出 版 物：《Progress in Natural Science:Materials International》 (自然科学进展·国际材料(英文))

年 卷 期：2012年第22卷第3期

页      面：258-262页

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学科分类：081705[工学-工业催化] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 

基　　金：National Nature Science Foundation of China (Nos. 50395103, 50501020, and 51101121) the Research Fund of the State Key Lab. of Solidification Processing (NWPU), China (No. 79-TP-2011) the Fundamental Research Fund of NWPU (No. JC201134) 

主　　题：Iron-nickel alloy Rapid solidification Microstructure Nucleation Undercooling 

摘      要：Undercooled Fe75Ni25 melts were phase-seeded by a high purity iron. It was found that above a critical undercooling, △Tc 135 K, a metastable δ phase (b.c.c) solidifies from the iron-seeded melts instead of a thermodynamically stable γ phase (f.c.c). While undercooling of the melt (△T) is below △Tc, solidification of the γ phase prevails in the iron-seeded melts. For the undercooled melts subjected to spontaneous nucleation, the γ phase always solidifies. After solidification, the as-solidified γ phase transforms completely to martensite; whereas the as-solidified metastable δ phase partially transforms to the γ phase, and then to martensite. The untransformed δ phase retains as a-ferrite particles in the microstructures. Based on the classical nucleation theory, catalytic nucleation of the metastable δ phase in the phase-seeded undercooled Fe75Ni25 melts was analyzed. It was quantitatively demonstrated that when △T△Tc, the formation of the δ phase can be ascribed to a better catalytic effect of the iron on its nucleation than that on the nucleation of the γ phase.