Abstract
In this work the microstructural evolution of Al–Mg 2Si alloys cast with titanium carbonitride (TiCN) nano-powder was studied, based on Al(Mg)–TiCN and Mg(Si)–TiCN model systems. From the investigation of the model systems, it is concluded that the presence of TiCN leads to the formation of a Mg-rich (or pure Mg) bulk liquid layer in the alloy at the melt–TiCN interface, before solidification begins. The driving force for the formation of the interfacial Mg-rich layer is the reduction of the total interface energy. It is postulated that this layer forms due to the interaction between Mg segregated at the alloy–TiCN interface with Mg-rich Al–Mg-clusters and Si-rich Mg–Si-clusters from the molten alloys. It is concluded that a Mg-rich bulk layer also forms at the Al(Mg,Si)–TiCN interface in cast Al–Mg 2Si alloys, which prevents nucleation of Mg 2Si on the TiCN particles.
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