Abstract: The purpose of this work is to comparatively investigate the solidification structure of in situ Mg2Si/Mg-Al composites obtained under pulsed magnetic field (PMF). We designed three material compositions, i.e. Mg-9Al-3Si, Mg-9Al-6Si and Mg-9Al-9Si, and determined macroscopic and microscopic microstructure of the composites solidified under conventional circumstances and with a PMF applied via optical microscopic observation. The results showed that the introduction of PMF during solidification process leads to obvious reduction in porosity and shrin-kage cavity. Meanwhile, the primary Mg2Si phases transform from coarse dendrites into fine blocks or small dendrites and distribute uniformly, but α-Mg grains are not refined. In the pulse frequency range of 0—20 Hz, PMF with higher frequencies can achieve better grain refinement effect for primary Mg2Si phase in the Mg-9Al-6Si composite.
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