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Bi(8),Fe-C alloyintomolten Fe-C(9)-(11)and alloy layer(1) (0.01m in length cut out from
othersystems(12)-(14) have so far been investi- the center of dipped samples) specimens were
s: density of specimen (kg/m3). for the aniline-water system with vertical flat
The diameter d(m) in the middle of specimen plate. In the present study, values of Sc number
can be regarded as an average diameter since are 907-908 at 973K, 647-650 at 1023K and
the diameter of dipped specimen changes 499-496 at 1073K, and values of (GrmSc) are
linearly with dipping direction. 2.7109 to 3.1109 at 973K, 3.6109 to
convection due to density change in the liquid mass transfer coefficient under natural convec-
caused by the diffusion of solution atoms occurs tion for vertical flat plate and cylinder were
generally in the dipping direction and increases both almost identical and were also in good
the rate of mass transfer. The correlative agreement with experimental values of the
equation of mass transfer under vertical natural mass transfer coefficient under natural convec-
convection due to the density change at room tion for vertical cylinder at room temperature.
temperature was studied theoretically on flat Therefore, assuming that the effect of curvature
plate and cylinder by Ravoo et al.(17). Accord- can be neglected in this study, the correlative
ing to their report, when Sc number is very eq. (2) for vertical flat plate by Ravoo et al.(17)
large, an average value of Sh number can be is applied to the mass transfer under natural
obtained for a flat plate in the range of dipping convection in molten aluminium at elevated
length 0-L by the following equations: temperatures.
t:time (s)
kob:apparentmass transfercoefficient(m/s),
A: surfacearea per unitlength(m2/m),
Cls:saturatedconcentrationof solute(kg/m3)
and
Cb: concentrationof solute(kg/m3).
Conversionof theconcentrationfrom (mass%)
to (kg/m3) isperformed by the followingequa-
tions:
Cls=%xls ls/100,
and
Cb=%x l/100,
where
Fig. 1 Velocity and concentration boundary layers ls: density of liquid saturated with solute
in natural convection on a vertical flat plate. (C:
(kg/m3).
concentration, Cls: Fe saturated concentration, Cb:
The saturated concentration of solute %xls
Fe bulk concentration, c: concentration boundary
(mass%) is obtained from the concentration of
layer, v: velocity boundary layer, V: velocity,
L: dipping direction). liquidus curve at each temperature in the
phase diagram(20).
As shown in Fig. 2, denoting the distance
1/l=%x/100s+(1-%x/100)/lp, (4)
from the center of specimen to the surface of
where
where
W: weight of specimen (kg), Even in the case of Fe-Si alloy in which the Fe
In this study, the rectified radius r1 mentioned this study, Cls from the binary phase diagram is
W=r2sL
3. Calculation of theoretical and
and
experimental values of mass transfer
A=2r2. coefficient
Therefore, the apparent mass transfer coeffi- (1) Physical properties used in calculation
It seems to be practically more valid to calculate the effect of solute Fe on the density of molten
this value adding Fe in Fe-Al alloy layer which aluminium, but no data about the Fe saturated.
is not yet dissolved into the bath. Hence, the So, change in the density of molten aluminium
radius calculated by eq. (1) is corrected, adding with solute Fe was roughly approximated by
an approximate amount of Fe in alloy layer to eq. (4) in the same manner as those of Ko-
the measured weight of specimen. The cor- saka(19) and Kawakatsu et al.(5).
rected radius r1(m) is given as follow: Values of the viscosity coefficient of molten
A : density of alloy layer (kg/m3), al.(24) under the condition that the effect of
: thickness of alloy layer (m), =r2-r and Al2O3 might be the lowest, is the smallest. The
Using this corrected radius r1, kob is expressed by Al2O3. Consequently, it is not valid to use
The apparent mass transfer coefficient kob is Fe(22)(24), but, the influence is littie compared
obtained by substituting the decreasing rate of to the scattered measured values, and there is
corrected radius -(dr1/dt), %x and l calcu- no measurement about the Fe saturated con-
lated from the experimental values into eq. (7). centration. Therefore, the effect of solute Fe
On using these equations, calibration for the on the viscosity coefficient is not taken into
saturated concentration by alloy composition consideration, but there still remains room for
In this study, however, kob calculated from the There are few reports on the diffusion coeffi-
into molten aluminium is in good agreement Kosaka et al.(19) analyzed the dissolution of Fe
with kob calibrated by alloy composition within into molten aluminium, discussed the effect of
experimental error. Therefore, kob was calcu- solute Fe on the measured values, and adopted
lated in this study using eq. (7) without calibra- the value of Uemura et al.(31) since the con-
value, because it is in good agreement with the is distributedin Al bath homogeneously. This
value A measured by Heuman et al.(32). Con- is considered to be reasonable, because the
sequently, the relations between the diameters natural convection based on the temperature
of various ferrous alloys corrected by eq. (6) distributionoccurs in Al bath, and the satu-
and the dipping time are shown in Figs. 3-5. rated concentration of soluteCls ismuch larger
The reducing rate of corrected radius is ob- than Cb.
tained from these relations. From these figures,
2Mn, ----Fe-3Mn).
0.97.2ks).
the dissolution of ferrous alloy into molten the resistance of chemical reaction increases.
aluminium can be carried out. It can be sup-
and if kobkc, one of (a), (b) or (c) may be the resistanceto chemical reactionor mass transfer
controlling step. In order to decide which in the alloy layer is not negligible.kob decreases
process of (a), (b) or (c) is the controlling step, with increasing dipping time, but the change is
more experiments will be necessary. the smallestexcept in the Fe-C alloy.The alloy
layer isthinner than that of commercially pure
(1) Fe-Cr, Fe-Cu and Fe-Ni alloys iron. The change in thickness with the dipping
At 973K, kob isalmost constantfor allthe time differsfrom those in other alloys,and the
dippingperiodsand equalto kc within -10%. layer becomes thinner with increasing dipping
Therefore,the dissolutionof thesealloysinto time and the structureof layer isporous(1).So,
molten aluminium iscontrolled by mass transfer further study may be necessary for this alloy.
of Fe in molten aluminium. At 1023 and
1073K, kob isequal to kc within -20% for a (5) Fe-C alloy
short dipping period,but decreaseswith in- kob ismuch smallerthan kc and about 1/3-
creasing dipping period, that is, with the 1/5 of the latter,and does not change with
growth of alloy layer(1).Differencesbetween dipping time.The dissolutionof thisalloyis
kc and kobat 1023 and 1073K are largerthan mainly controlledby the process except (d).
those at 973K. The reason is that the alloy In addition,althoughthe thicknessof the alloy
layersat 1023 and 1073K arethickerthan that layerchanges largerwith dippingtime than in
at 973K. Hence, itcan be speculatedthatthe the other alloys,kob changes little.Therefore,
alloylayerhas some resistanceto the chemical the dissolutionmay be controlledby the chemi-
reactionor mass transfer. cal reactionat the Fe/alloylayerinterface. In
the microstructures of Fe-C alloysas shown in
(2) Fe-Si alloy Photo. 1, cementiteincreaseswith increasing
At 973K, kobislargerthan kc by about 40- carbon content,and there existsneedle-like
60%, and at 1023 and 1073K, kobis equal to proeutectoidcementitein the Fe-2C alloyand
kc within 10-20%. At thesetemperatures,the more eutecticcementitein the Fe-3C alloy.
alloylayeron the Fe-Si alloygrows fasterand The structureof the Fe-C alloy is much
thickerthan that on the Fe-Cu alloy.kob different from those of the otheralloys.More-
increaseswith increasingdipping time.There- over, itwas observed that Fe3C remained in
fore,the resistanceof the alloy layer to the the alloy layer formed on the Fe-3C alloy
chemicalreactionor mass transferisnegligible. dipped at 973K(1). Therefore,the presenceof
A flakingof the alloylayermay be speculated cementite may assistthe resistanceto the
from the factthat kob islargerthan kc. How- chemicalreactionat the interfaceof the Fe-C
ever,thedegreeofitscontributionisnot evident alloywith the alloylayer.
for the accuracyof physicalpropertiesused in
the calculation
of kc. . Conclusion
Photo. 1 Microphotographs of (a)commercially pure iron,(b) Fe-2C alloy (as cast),and (c)
Fe-3C alloy(ascast).