Effects of Growth Rate on Eutectic Spacing, Microhardness, and Ultimate Tensile Strength in the Al–Cu–Ti Eutectic Alloy

Abstract

In the present work, dependences of lamellar spacing (λ), microhardness (HV), and ultimate tensile strength (σUTS) on growth rate (V) were investigated in the Al–Cu–Ti (Al–33 wt % Cu–0.1 wt % Ti) eutectic alloy. For these purposes, the Al–Cu–Ti eutectic alloy was solidified at a constant temperature gradient of 6.45 K mm–1 with a wide range of growth rates, from 8.58 to 2038.65 µm/s. Then, the values of λ, HV, and σUTS were measured on the directionally solidified Al–Cu–Ti specimens. The dependences of λ, HV, and σUTS on V in the Al–Cu–Ti eutectic alloy were experimentally obtained using regression analysis. The results obtained in the present work were compared with the similar experimental results in the literature.