EffectofLa-richrareearthoneutecticmicrostructureinA1-2%Fealloywasstudied.WhentheadditionofREissmall,a-A1phaseisintheformofcellulardendrite.WiththeincreaseoftheadditionofRE,thenucleationandgrowthofa-A1dendritearesuppressed,andeutecticAl3Fephaseisrefined.WhentheadditionofREgetsto0.6%(massfrac-tion),thesizeofeutecticAl3Feincreases.Inaddi-tion,mechanismoftheeffectofmixedREoneutecticmorphologyofA1-2%Fealloyisexplored.
