Numerical study on solidification behaviors of a molten slag droplet in the centrifugal granulation and heat recovery system

X Zhu, B Ding, H Wang, XY He, Y Tan, Q Liao - Applied Thermal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Centrifugal granulation technique is the most feasible method for heat recovery from molten
blast furnace (BF) slag. The granulated slag droplets experience a complex cooling process …

Crystallization behaviors of blast furnace (BF) slag in a phase-change cooling process

B Ding, H Wang, X Zhu, XY He, Q Liao, Y Tan - Energy & Fuels, 2016 - ACS Publications
Blast furnace (BF) slag is the principal byproduct formed during the iron-making process,
which generates a considerable amount of thermal energy. However, to simultaneously …

Microstructure and tensile/corrosion properties relationships of directionally solidified Al–Cu–Ni alloys

AV Rodrigues, TS Lima, TA Vida, C Brito… - Metals and Materials …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Al–Cu–Ni alloys are of scientific and technological interest due to high strength/high
temperature applications, based on the reinforcement originated from the interaction …

Microstructural development of hypoeutectic Zn–(10–40) wt% Sn solder alloys and impacts of interphase spacing and macrosegregation pattern on hardness

WLR Santos, C Brito, F Bertelli, JE Spinelli… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The most relevant range of compositions of Zn–Sn high-temperature solder alloys remains
between 10 and 40 wt% Sn. Hence, transient directional solidification experiments have …

Microstructure, electrochemical and mechanical properties of novel Zn–Sn–Cu–Ni high-temperature solder containing a small amount of Al

W Chen, N Ye, H Zhuo, W Liu, J Tang - Journal of Materials Science …, 2023 - Springer
A novel-type Zn–30Sn–2Cu–0.5 Ni–0.2 Al multicomponent high-temperature lead-free
solder alloy was prepared, and its thermal behavior, electrochemical properties were …

Influence of Al2O3 content on crystallization behaviors of blast furnace slags in directional solidification process

H Wang, B Ding, X Zhu, Y Tan, XY He, Q Liao - International Journal of Heat …, 2017 - Elsevier
Focusing on the heat recovery of BF slag by dry granulation technology, an improved
directional solidification method combines with X-ray diffraction (XRD) is promoted to …

Thermal parameters and microstructural development in directionally solidified Zn-rich Zn-Mg alloys

TA Vida, ES Freitas, C Brito, N Cheung… - … Materials Transactions A, 2016 - Springer
Transient directional solidification experiments have been carried out with Zn-Mg
hypoeutectic alloys under an extensive range of cooling rates with a view to analyzing the …

An alternative thermal approach to evaluate the wettability of solder alloys

WLR Santos, BL Silva, F Bertelli, JE Spinelli… - Applied thermal …, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of the work is to propose an alternative method to qualitatively evaluate the
wettability of different alloys of a particular alloy system. The technique is based on a thermal …

Tailoring microstructure, tensile properties and fracture process via transient directional solidification of Zn-Sn alloys

WLR Santos, CB Cruz, JE Spinelli, N Cheung… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study is to determine interrelations of microstructure length-scale,
tensile properties and fracture mechanisms of hypoeutectic Zn-Sn alloys. Three …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of macrosegregation and microstructure on the corrosion resistance and hardness of a directionally solidified Zn-5.0 wt.% Mg alloy

TA Vida, T Soares, RS Septimio, CC Brito… - Materials …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
This study aims to analyze the influence of macrosegregation on microstructure evolution,
and of microstructure length scale on the corrosion resistance of a Zn-5.0 wt.% Mg alloy …