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Revealing the Diversity of Dendritic Morphology Evolution During Solidification of Magnesium Alloys using Synchrotron X-ray Imaging: A Review

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In this paper, the diversity of complicated dendrite microstructure and its evolution behavior during solidification in different magnesium alloys under various processing conditions were illustrated using synchrotron X-ray imaging technique. A variety of dendritic morphologies and branching structures were revealed, i.e., sixfold plate-like symmetric structure in Mg–Al-based structure, 12-branch structure in Mg–Zn-based alloys and 18-branch structure in Mg–Sn- and Mg–Ca-based alloys as well as seaweed like hyper-branched structure in Mg-38wt%Zn alloy. In addition, a dendrite morphology and orientation transition with increasing addition of Zn content were also observed in Mg–Zn alloy, with dendrite growth pattern transform from anisotropy (low Zn addition) with sixfold symmetric snow-flake structure to relative isotropy (intermediate Zn addition) where seaweed morphology presented and then back to anisotropy (high Zn addition) when only 12 branches with preferred < 11 \(\overline{2}\) 1 > orientations were observed. The phase-field model representing the typical dendritic morphologies and branching structures under various conditions was also depicted and discussed. Further, the two-dimensional (2D) real-time dendrite growth dynamics in different Mg-based alloys captured using synchrotron X-ray radiography for unveiling the originate of the α-Mg dendrite was reviewed. Following this, the four-dimensional (3D + time) synchrotron X-ray tomographic in situ observation of dendritic morphology evolution indicating the formation mechanism of the diverse dendritic morphology during Mg–Sn- and Mg–Zn-based alloys was also summarized. Finally, the future study on exploring the complicated dendritic morphologies and their origination during solidification of Mg-based alloys is prospected.

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Acknowledgements

This work is financially supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China (No.51701112 and No.51690162), National Key Research and Development Program of China (No.2019YFA0705300), Shanghai Rising-Star Program (20QA1403800 and 21QC1401500), open fund of State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing in NWPU (Grant No. SKLSP202107). The authors are grateful for the support from Shanghai Synchrotron X-ray Facility (SSRF) on date analysis.

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Wang, Y., Shuai, S., Huang, C. et al. Revealing the Diversity of Dendritic Morphology Evolution During Solidification of Magnesium Alloys using Synchrotron X-ray Imaging: A Review. Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 35, 177–200 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-021-01319-w

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