TY - BOOK AU - Fredriksson,Hasse AU - Akerlind,Ulla TI - Materials processing during casting SN - 0470015136 AV - TS230 .F74 2006 PY - 2006///] CY - Chichester, England, Hoboken, NJ PB - Wiley KW - Founding KW - Textbooks KW - Metal castings N1 - Includes index; Table Of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Component Casting; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Casting of Components; Chapter 2: Cast House Processes; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Ingot Casting; 2.3 Continuous Casting; 2.4 From Ladle to Chill-mould in Continuous Casting of Steel; 2.5 Near Net Shape Casting; 2.6 The ESR Process; Chapter 3 Casting Hydrodynamics; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Basic Hydrodynamics; 3.3 Gating Systems in Component Casting; 3.4 Gating System in Ingot Casting; 3.5 Gating System in Continuous Casting; 3.6 Inclusion Control in Gating Systems – Ceramic Filters; 3.7 Maximum Fluidity Length; Summary; Exercises; Chapter 4: Heat Transport during Component Casting; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Basic Concepts and Laws of Heat Transport; 4.3 Theory of Heat Transport in Casting of Metals and Alloys; 4.4 Heat Transport in Component Casting; Summary; Exercises; Chapter 5: Heat Transport in Cast House Processes; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Natural Convection in Metal Melts; 5.3 Heat Transport in Ingot Casting; 5.4 Water Cooling; 5.5 Heat Transport during Continuous Casting of Steel; 5.6 Heat Transport in the ESR Process; 5.7 Heat Transport in Near Net Shape Casting; 5.8 Heat Transport in Spray Casting; Summary; Exercises; Chapter 6: Structure and Structure Formation in Cast Materials; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Structure Formation in Cast Materials; 6.3 Dendrite Structure and Dendrite Growth; 6.4 Eutectic Structure and Eutectic Growth; 6.5 Cooling Curves and Structure; 6.6 Unidirectional Solidification; 6.7 Macrostructures in Cast Materials; 6.8 Macrostructures in Ingot Cast Materials; 6.9 Macrostructures in Continuously Cast Materials; 6.10 Macrostructures in Near Net Shape Cast Materials; 6.11 Amorphous Metals; Summary; Exercises; Chapter 7: Microsegregation in Alloys – Peritectic Reactions and Transformations; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Cooling Curves, Dendritic Growth, and Microsegregation; 7.3 Scheil’s Segregation Equation – a Model of Microsegregation; 7.4 Solidification Processes in Alloys; 7.5 Influence of Back Diffusion in the Solid Phase on Microsegregation of Alloys; 7.6 Solidification Processes and Microsegregation in Iron-base Alloys; 7.7 Peritectic Reactions and Transformations in Binary Iron-base Alloys; 7.8 Microsegregation in Multicomponent Alloys; 7.9 Microsegregation and Peritectic Reactions and Transformations in Multicomponent Iron-base Alloys; Summary; Exercises; Chapter 8: Heat Treatment and Plastic Forming; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Homogenization; 8.3 Dissolution of Secondary Phases; 8.4 Change of Casting Structure During Cooling and Plastic Deformation; 8.5 Cooling Shrinkage and Stress Relief Heat Treatment; 8.6 Hot Isostatic Pressing; Summary; Exercises; Chapter 9: Precipitation of Pores and Slag Inclusions during Casting Processes; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Units and Laws; 9.3 Precipitation of Gases in Metal Melts; 9.4 Precipitation of Inclusions in Metal Melts; 9.5 Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys; 9.6 Copper and Copper Alloys; 9.7 Steel and Iron Alloys; 9.8 Cast Iron; 9.9 Nickel and Nickel-Base Alloys; Summary; Exercises; Chapter 10: Solidification and Cooling Shrinkage of Metals and Alloys; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Solidification and Cooling Shrinkage; 10.3 Concepts and Laws. Methods of Measurement; 10.4 Solidification and Cooling Shrinkage during Casting; 10.5 Solidification Shrinkage during Ingot Casting; 10.6 Solidification and Cooling Shrinkage during Continuous Casting; 10.7 Thermal Stress and Crack Formation during Solidification and Cooling Processes; Summary; Exercises; Chapter 11: Macrosegregation in Alloys; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Macrosegregation due to Solidification Shrinkage; 11.3 Macrosegregation during Unidirectional Solidification; 11.4 Inverse Macrosegregation; 11.5 Macrosegregation during Continuous Casting; 11.6 Centre Segregation during Continuous Casting; 11.7 Freckles; 11.8 Macrosegregation during Horizontal Solidification; 11.9 Macrosegregations in Steel Ingots; Summary; Exercises; Answers to Exercises; Index ER -