Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
The engineering light metals, especially aluminium and magnesium, exhibit limitations in alloying behaviour and performance that identify them as particular targets for development via rapid solidification. The present contribution reviews recent work in the author's group aimed at advancing understanding of both alloying and processing, including:
(1) parametric mapping as a guide to extension of phase fields
(2) prediction and application of observed characterisation of binary and ternary extended solid solutions
(3) optimisation and control of conditions during rapid solidification and consolidation,