Abstract
In a recent paper we used a phase-field model of solidification in deeply undercooled pure melts to show that a kinetic instability could result in dendrite tip splitting, and we speculated that such tip splitting could give rise to the phenomenon of spontaneous grain refinement. Here we present evidence, from the as-solidified microstructure of deeply undercooled ultrahigh purity Cu, of what appears to be dendrite tip splitting during recalescence. The significance of this finding in a nongrain refined sample is discussed in terms of the current theories for spontaneous grain refinement.
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