Abstract
Spacings and composition profiles of cellular structures formed in Ag-15wt%Cu alloys at growth rates between 0.1 and 18 cm/s are measured. Cells of the Ag-rich phase occur with intercellular regions composed of eutectic or the Cu-rich phase. At the highest rates the cell spacings exceed the characteristic diffusion length D/ V (ratio of liquid diffusion coefficient to growth rate) by a factor of ten. The rate of increase of the average cell composition with growth velocity is larger than predicted by existing diffusion models of the cell tip. Increases in cell compositions beyond the Ag metastable solidus retrograde are accounted for quantitatively by the use of non-equilibrium interface conditions (solute trapping).
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