Abstract
Refining experiments were conducted to evaluate the grain refining performance of an Al-5Ti-0.25C refiner before and after equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) with the use of a high-purity Al. The results show that the Al-5Ti-0.25C refiner has remarkable and stable grain refining performance when the holding times are within 5 to 30 minutes and the melt temperatures are within 1003 to 1073 K. Furthermore, some Al-5Ti-0.25C refiner samples were subjected to severe plastic deformation by using the ECAP technique at 298 K. It was found that Al3Ti and TiC particles were significantly fragmented and their mean sizes were decreased to 10 and 1.08 µm, respectively, and the Al-5Ti-0.25C refiner appeared to have a double grain refining effect in comparison with that of before ECAP. It is also testified that the Vickers microhardness (Hv) value of the pure Al samples refined by the Al-5Ti-0.25C refiner after ECAP processing has a significant increment than that of before ECAP processing. It is concluded that the Al-5Ti-0.25C refiner with ECAP technique has a very useful practical application in refining industrial Al alloys.
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