Refining a complex ZhS32-VI nickel alloy from silicon and phosphorus by unidirectional solidification of the melt at low solidification front velocities

Abstract

The possibility of decreasing the silicon and phosphorus contents in a high-temperature ZhS32-VI nickel alloy by directional movement of solidification front at a velocity V = 6 mm/h has been studied. As a result, the contents of the impurities have decreased as compared to those in the starting alloy; the decrease in the silicon and phosphorus contents is from 2 to 4 and from 14 to 20 times, respectively. Thus, nonmetallic inclusions, in particular, those containing silicon and phosphorus, are moved to the top of the ingot.