EP2885437B1 - Al-nb-b-vorlegierung für kornfeinen - Google Patents

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EP2885437B1
EP2885437B1 EP13760078.9A EP13760078A EP2885437B1 EP 2885437 B1 EP2885437 B1 EP 2885437B1 EP 13760078 A EP13760078 A EP 13760078A EP 2885437 B1 EP2885437 B1 EP 2885437B1
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  • the present application relates to a method of making a master alloy (also known as a masterbatch alloy) for refining the grain size of a metal alloy, and to the subsequent use as a grain refiner of the metal alloy.
  • a master alloy also known as a masterbatch alloy
  • it relates to the preparation of a master alloy for refining the grain size of aluminium-silicon alloys and magnesium alloys (both including and excluding aluminium).
  • grain refinement An important objective in the production of metal alloys is the reduction in grain size of the final product. This is known as “grain refinement” and is commonly addressed by adding so-called “grain refiners” which are substances thought to promote inoculation of metal alloy crystals. Grain refinement by inoculation brings many benefits in the casting process and has significant influence on improving mechanical properties.
  • the fine equiaxed grain structure imparts high yield strength, high toughness, good extrudability, uniform distribution of the second phase and micro-porosity on a fine scale. This in turn results in improved machinability, good surface finish and resistance to hot tearing (along with various other desirable properties).
  • WO 2012/110788 it is disclosed that, instead of salt addition, one can add the niobium diboride grain refiner in the form of a small metal piece of Al-Nb-B master alloy to an Al-Si based liquid alloy to obtain a fine grain size. Addition of concentrated Al-Nb-B alloy ensures the uniform dispersion of NbB 2 into the aluminium melt.
  • WO 2012/110788 discloses that a commercial pure Al ingot was melted in an electric furnace at the temperature range 800-850 °C and held for 2 hours. 5wt % NbB 2 (mixture of Nb and KBF 4 ) was added to the melt in order to form an NbB 2 phase. After stirring and removing dross, the liquid metal was cast into a mould in order to result in an Al-Nb-B grain refiner master alloy.
  • WO 2012/110788 discloses that a commercial Al-10Nb master alloy was melted at 900 °C and added to pure Al to dilute the alloy to form Al-2Nb master alloy. Then the 1wt% Boron is added to the melt to result in a master alloy composition of Al-2Nb-B.
  • US 3,933,476 (Union Carbide Corporation) discloses a method for the grain refining of aluminium using an addition of titanium, aluminium and KBF 4 .
  • GB 1 244 082 discloses a method for adding an alloying or grain refining constituent in the form of a wire or strip to a main metal, wherein the constituent consists of aluminium and one or more of boron, titanium or zirconium.
  • a method of producing a master alloy for refining the grain size of a bulk alloy comprising the step of providing an Al-B alloy and adding Nb in elemental form to form an Al-Nb-B master alloy.
  • a master alloy in accordance with the invention can be produced without using a corrosive salt such as KBF 4 ; secondly that the addition of a concentrated Al-Nb-B alloy to the bulk alloy ensures the uniform dispersion ofNb-based phases into the melt; and thirdly that the it results in a finer grain size in the final alloy (in other words, it is a more effective grain refiner).
  • a corrosive salt such as KBF 4
  • the Al-B alloy is prepared by providing an Al-B alloy with a higher boron content than is required and diluting it with elemental aluminium.
  • the commercially available 95wt%Al-5wt%B alloy is diluted by adding pure aluminium to produce a 99wt%Al-lwt%B alloy.
  • Sufficient elemental niobium is then added until the desired 97wt%Al-2wt%Nb-1wt%B alloy is obtained.
  • the masterbatch (also called a master alloy) may comprise niobium and boron in amounts sufficient to form sufficient niobium diboride in the final alloy product so that when this master alloy is added to the Al-Si or Mg alloy melt, it can refine the grain size of solidified structures. It is conventional when representing the formula of an alloy to omit the weight percent of the highest alloy component.
  • a masterbatch alloy for adding to an aluminium alloy may have the general formula Al-Xwt%Nb-Ywt%B where X can be from 0.01 to 99 and Y can be from 0.002 to 25 and the weight percent of the aluminium component is the balance to take the total to 100.
  • Nb is in the form of elemental powder, procured from Alfa Aesar, A Johnson Matthey Company.
  • Figure 1 shows the microstructure of Al-B master alloy. The particles which are dark in contrast and spherically shaped are aluminium borides.
  • This master alloy together with commercial pure Al ingot with required contents were melted in an electric furnace at the temperature range 800-850 °C and held for 2 hours with appropriate concentrations listed in Table 1. The melt was stirred with a non-reactive ceramic rod.
  • (Al,Nb)B 2 , Al 3 Nb phase inclusions may also form depending on location chemical concentrations in the melt.
  • the melt is cast in to a mould.
  • the cast metal is referred as Al-Nb-B master alloy.
  • the microstructure of various master alloys is shown in Figures 2 , 3 and 4 . These consist of fine Nb based particles distributed in Al matrix.
  • Al-10Si alloy was melted in an electric furnace at 800 °C and held for 2 hours.
  • a reference sample is cast in a conical shaped mould.
  • the mould was pre-heated to 250 °C and temperature of the melt was maintained at 740 °C, prior to pouring into a conical mould.
  • a small piece of Al-2Nb-2B master alloy (equivalent to 0.05wt%NbB 2 w.r.t weight of Al in Al-10Si alloy) was added to the remaining melt. 15 minutes later, the melt was stirred for about 1 minute and cast into a conical mould.
  • Figure 5 reveals the grain size of Al-10Si alloy without addition and with addition of Al-2Nb-1B master alloy.
  • Refined grain structure is obtained through the addition of Al-Nb-B master alloy.
  • the casting process is repeated for Al-Si with various types of master alloys and their corresponding grain sizes are shown in Table 1. All the master alloys with compositions shown in Table 1, are shown to refine the grain size of Al-Si alloy. In addition finer grain size, as shown in Fig. 6 (c) & (d) , finer eutectic Si is observed.
  • Table 1 Master alloy compositions, addition levels and the corresponding average grain size in Al-10Si alloy Master alloy composition Nb addition level (wt.
  • Al-10Si alloy melt is prepared in a graphite crucible with electric resistance furnace.
  • the melt temperature is maintained at 800 °C.
  • Both ends opened cylindrical steel mould is placed in a vertical tube furnace.
  • the hot zone for this furnace is controlled by three zone heating system to maintain uniform temperature along longitudinal direction of the tube.
  • the temperature along the axis of the steel mould is maintained at 720 °C.
  • the bottom part of the steel tube is closed with a Cu block.
  • the melt temperature is reduced to 740 °C and then the melt is poured into steel mould.
  • the Cu block Prior to pouring the melt, the Cu block is cooled by water jet with flow rate of 4 l/min.
  • the time taken to fill the steel tube with melt is ⁇ 5 seconds. Due to cooling provided be the water jet, the melt starts to solidify from bottom.
  • FIG. 8 (a) shows schematic illustration of billet produced by this method. Huge columnar grain structure forms in the melt.
  • Figure 8(b) shows a schematic illustration of billet produced from the melt added with 0.05wt% of NbB 2 in the form of Al-2Nb-B addition. Columnar grain structure is absent after Al-Nb-B addition and only fine equi-axed grain structure can be seen. Macro-etched surfaces of cylindrical billets cast in unidirectional solidification are shown in Fig. 9 . Much needed elimination of columnar growth is achieved through the addition of Al-Nb-B master alloy.
  • AM50 alloy was melted in an electric furnace at 690C °C and held for 2 hours. SF 6 +N 2 gas mixture was used to protect the melt from oxidation. Approximately 0.1wt% of Al-2Nb-B master alloy w.r.t to weight of AM50 was added to the melt and stirred for 1 minute with steel rod. The melt containing NbB 2 was poured into the wedge shaped mould. For comparative purpose an experiment without any NbB 2 addition was also carried out. This wedge shaped mould provides wide range of cooling rate depending on the thickness of casting. The cooling rate between position T1 and tip, the cooling rate could range between 80 °C/s to 1000 °C/s. Both cast samples were polished and chemically etched. Microstructures at various positions (T1, T2, and T3) are compared in Figure 10 . Grain refinement is observed, as shown in Figure 10 , when Al-2Nb-B is added to the melt.
  • Example 6 High pressure die casting of Magnesium (AM50) alloy with Al-2Nb-B master alloy addition
  • High pressure die casting is a commonly used process to produce variety of large structures/components for automotive, electronics and construction sector applications. It is a mass production technology. It provides higher cooling rates to the melt and finer grain structure is obtained during solidification process.
  • AM50 alloy melt is prepared as described in Example 5. Melt with and without addition of 0.1wt% of Al-2Nb-B is fed to the shot-sleeve of high pressure die casting machine, followed by injecting the melt in to a permanent mould with a plunger and then solidifying it under pressure. At least 15 castings are produced. Each cast structure consists of three cylindrical and three flat bars. Microstructure of cross-sections of a typical cylindrical sample is shown in Fig. 11 .
  • Example 7 Application of Al-2Nb-2B master alloys to various commercially sourced Al-Si alloys
  • alloys compositions used to perform the study of the influence of the Al-2Nb-2B master alloy are given in Table 2. These alloys are near eutectic (Alloys A); hypo-eutectic alloy (Alloys B-F) and Hyper-Eutectic (Alloy G) commercially used alloys. Table 2.
  • the alloys were placed in a clay graphite crucible, melted and, prior to casting, kept at a processing temperature of 790°C at least for 1 hour. At this point, the reference alloy was left to cool down to approximately 740 ( ⁇ 3) °C and cast into a cylindrical mould and wedge shaped copper moulds pre-heated at 250 °C. These moulds are a 30 mm diameter steel mould and a copper wedge shaped mould. In the wedge mould, the cooling rate studied by means of this configuration ranges between 2°C/s to 150°C/s as it can be seen in the sketch presented in Figure 12 .
  • Fig. 13 The macroetched cross-section of the Alloy A wedge-shaped samples without and with the addition of Al-2Nb-2B are shown in Fig. 13 where it can be seen that the alloy A without grain refiner addition is characterised by an important spatial variation of the grain size of the primary ⁇ -Al grains since it ranges from approximately 200 ⁇ m (tip) up to almost 1mm (top of the sample). From Fig. 13b , it can be noticed that the addition of the master alloy significantly decreases the mean primary ⁇ -Al grain size as well as the spatial variation reducing this latter to between 100 ⁇ m and 200 ⁇ m. Similarly, the final primary ⁇ -Al grain size is less sensitive to the cooling rate and, therefore, industrial components based on Alloy A with fine and uniform grain size could be obtained with a great range of casting processes.
  • Macroetched cross-section of the Alloy A cylindrical samples without and with the addition of the Al-2Nb-2B master alloy are also shown in the figure (right side).
  • the microstructure of the reference material is composed of coarse primary ⁇ -Al grains and there is an spatial variation in size.
  • the grain size is fine in the outer diameter, which corresponds to the material solidified in contact with the mould, and then increases noticeably and, finally, slightly decreases in the centre of the cylindrical samples.
  • the addition of the master alloy led to much finer primary ⁇ -Al grains and levels.
  • the alloy microstructure is also less sensitive to the local variation of the cooling rate which is of paramount importance when casting products with different wall thicknesses are manufactured.

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  1. Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Masterlegierung zum Verfeinern der Korngröße einer Massenlegierung, umfassend den Schritt des Bereitstellens einer Al-B-Legierung und des Zusetzens von Nb in elementarer Form zur Bildung einer Al-Nb-B-Masterlegierung.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Al-B-Legierung bereitgestellt wird, indem eine Al-B-Legierung mit einem höheren Borgehalt als erforderlich bereitgestellt und mit elementarem Aluminium verdünnt wird.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 2, wobei die Al-B-Legierung mit einem höheren Borgehalt Al-5B ist.
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