Effects of TiB
2 and TiAl
3 particles, smaller than 15μ and 600μ, respectively, on grain refining of cast structure of 99.75% and 99.99% aluminum were studied. The results obtained are as follows:
1) Grain size of cast aluminum decreased when 0.01 to 0.10%TiB
2 was added. This effect became more pronounced as the particle size decreased. Further, it was found that the refinement effect due to TiB
2 was more effective when the temperature of molten aluminum was raised to 900°C and 0.006%Ti was added in advance.
2) Similarly, grain refining effect due to TiAl
3 became more pronounced as the content of TiAl
3 increased from 0.07% to 0.54% and the particle diameter decreased. This effect was further noted when the holding time and the temperature of the molten metal containing TiAl
3 particles increased.
3) When 0.05%TiB
2 and 0.016%TiAl
3 were added together to the molten metals, the refinement effect was very pronounced if the particle sizes of TiB
2 and of TiAl
3 were less than 2μ and 100μ, respectively. This observation was consistent with the refinement effect of the Al-5%Ti-1%B master alloy on the cast structure of pure aluminum.
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