Abstract
Mg–Al–Ca alloys are creep resistant magnesium alloys with high application potentials. The solidification pathways and microstructure formation in this alloy system are still under discussion. In this paper, the solidification behavior of AZ91 and AM50 with Ca addition (AZC91 x and AMC50 x alloys) was investigated by a computer-aided cooling curve analysis (CA-CCA) system. Microstructure and phase identification were carried out by SEM and EDX analysis. The results show that the Ca-containing phase formation mainly depends on Ca content and Ca/Al ratio. With increasing the Ca/Al ratio these phases transform from Al 2Ca to (Mg, Al) 2Ca and Mg 2Ca. Moreover, Ca addition decreases the liquidus temperature of Mg–Al alloys, but influences the solidus temperature in a more complex way. Increasing the Ca content also decreases the solid fraction at which dendrite coherency occurs. The relationship between solidification interval, dendrite coherency point, formation of Ca-containing phases and hot tearing is also discussed.
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