Effect of Cu/Li Ratio on Porosity and Microstructural Evolution of Gravity and Squeeze-Cast Al–Cu–Li Alloys

Abstract The present study investigates the effect of the Cu/Li ratio on the porosity and microstructural evolution of two Al–Cu–Li alloys manufactured through gravity and squeeze-cast routes. The alloy with Cu/Li ~ 4 exhibits a unique compositional segregation pattern and a higher degree of preferred crystallographic orientation than the alloy with Cu/Li ~ 2, regardless of the manufacturing method (gravity or squeeze cast). A specific segregation pattern in alloy with Cu/Li ~ 4 occurs due to the preferential precipitation of Cu-rich $ Al_{2} $Cu and $ Al_{2} $CuLi precipitates and strong texture along the component $$\{113\}\langle 5\overline{8 }1\rangle $$. Homogenization of gravity and squeeze-cast alloys reduces segregation, but the alloys produced through the squeeze-cast route have more capability to reduce segregation. The alloy with a Cu/Li ratio ~ 4 displays less response to the post-cast homogenization treatment than the alloy with a Cu/Li ratio ~ 2. The X-ray micro-computed tomography study reveals that the Cu/Li ratio greatly influences the internal and surface porosities, and it is higher for the gravity-cast alloy with Cu/Li ~ 2 than Cu/Li ~ 4. Squeeze casting helps to eliminate most of the porosities in alloys with a Cu/Li ~ 2 but leaves a considerable number of porosities in alloys with a Cu/Li ~ 4..

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

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Metallurgical and materials transactions - 55(2024), 2 vom: 29. Feb., Seite 1117-1133

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Manojkumar, S. [VerfasserIn]
Agarwal, Ashish Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Roy, Tushar [VerfasserIn]
Mehta, K. K. [VerfasserIn]

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10.1007/s11663-024-03028-y

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SPR055211534