FILONENKO Nataliia1,2, BARTASHEVSKA Ludmila3 & IVANOV Nikita1
Study the was to investigate the structural properties of Al-Cu alloys depending on the heating temperature of the alloy above the liquidus, the cooling rate [1-3].
The investigations were carried out on Al-Cu alloy samples with copper content 25,0 -36,0% (mass.), the rest is aluminum. The melting of samples was carried out in a Taman furnace at temperatures of 820-1100 K with a graphite heater in alund crucibles. Cooling rate of alloys was 10 K/s. Part of the samples were made using the same method, but after heating poured into wedge shapes, at the expense of which when cooled in the wide part of the wedge the cooling rate was obtained 102 K/s, and in the thin part 104 K/s. In the work we use differential thermal, metallographic, chemical and X-ray spectroscopic analyses.
The effect of overheating of the melt and cooling rate of alloys of the Al-Cu system with a copper content of 25.0-36.0% ( mass.), the rest of the aluminum is investigated. It is shown that an overheating of the liquid at 50-100 K above the liquid-liquid line leads to the formation of a fine-dispersed eutectic structure and the inhibition of the formation of primary aluminum crystals in the pre-evacuation of alloys and the Al2Cu phase in hypereuvtectic alloys, in accordance.
An increase in the melt overheating temperature by 150 K above the liquid- liquid line and the subsequent cooling at 103-104 K/s leads to the complete inhibition of the formation of primary crystals
An overheating of the melt on 100-150 K alloys above the liquid line and subsequent cooling with a velocity of 103-104 K /s reduces the rate of corrosion by 30-45% and increases the numerical value in 1,3-1,45 times the relative wear resistance, and the brittleness of alloys decreases in 1,2-1,35 times in comparison with the samples after casting.
Keywords: melt, overheating of the alloy above the liquidus line, Al-Cu alloy, Al2Cu phase, eutectic.