Nucleant 2

Description

Plungeable grain refining agents for aluminium alloys, NUCLEANT range of products are available in tablet form and are used for grain refining of aluminium and its alloys. 

Purpose of Nucleant

Normally, aluminium and its alloys solidify with coarse columnar and equiaxed crystals. Such a coarse grain structure poses problems like poor feeding characteristics, cracking during metal working and poor response to the surface treatment processes. Nucleant 2 is an excellent grain refiner.

In the case of hypereutectic aluminium-silicon alloys the primary silicon precipitates in coarse particles which tend to cluster. This leads to poor feeding characteristics and lower tensile strength and wear resistance properties. Nucleant 11 is used for grain refinement of such alloys 

NUCLEANT addition into the metal before the casting operation overcomes these problems by producing fine equiaxed grains in the case of aluminium and its alloys.