The correlation between the grain size and the size distribution of TiB
2 aggregates in aluminum treated with five Al-Ti-B refiners having different refining capacity was studied. Static and isothermal holding of the liquid leads the sedimentation of nucleating sabstances such as TiB
2. Stirring the bottom liquid reactivates the refining potency of TiB
2. TiB
2 aggregates are often found at the center of petal-like patern in dendrites. TiB
2 particles are dispersed in refined aluminum in the form of aggregates of smaller particles. The size distributions of the aggregates follow one or two modes of log-normal distribution. The calculated number of TiB
2 aggregates reaches 10
6 to 10
7 per 1cm
3 in aluminum containing 0.1wt%Ti. The number of cast grains is nearly proportional to the number of TiB
2 aggregates. There are alont 100 TiB
2 aggregates in a cast grain.
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