Effect of melt supercooling on growth shape of iron crystals

When investigating solidification of pure iron castings in supercooling interval from 0 to 300 K it is shown that at high ΔT=100-300 K nucleation takes place from one centre. Granular sturucture of a casting is a resutt of secondary processes and is not related to the solidification structure. At ΔT=100-300 K a transition from dendrite to needle mode of growth is detected, which is accompanied by grinding and breaking of structure elements. Comparison with the morphology of crystals of model material-cyclohexanol, is carried out