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The rheological behavior of semisolid Sn-15 pct Pb alloy was studied using a parallel-plate viscometer. Small nondendritic and dendritic semisolid samples of the alloy were deformed under a constant load at initial pressures up to 232 kPa (33.6 psi) and at fractions solid from 0.15 to 0.60. Strain-time data for the nondendritic material obey the non-Newtonian, two-parameter, Ostwald-de-Waele, power-law model,i.e. μ = mγ n−1, where μ is viscosity γ shear rate andm andn are constants. For fractions solid above about 0.30, the following empirical equation relates viscosity, shear rate and fraction solidμ = a exp (bfs) γ(cf s +d) 0.3 <f s < 0.60 wheref s is fraction solid anda, b, c, d are constants. The nondendritic alloy deformed homogeneously without cracking to very large strains (up to 80 pct). Dendritic alloys required much higher loads and cracked easily. For the nondendritic alloys the forging pressures to obtain 50 pct compression were of the order of 7 to 70 kPa (1 to 10 psi) for fractions solid under 0.55 and 172.5 to 207 kPa (25 to 30 psi) for fraction solid of about 0.60. For the dendritic alloys, the forging pressure required to achieve 10 pct compression is about 85 kPa at a fraction solid of 0.35 and increases rapidly with increasing fraction solid.
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Laxmanan, V., Flemings, M.C. Deformation of semi-solid Sn-15 Pct Pb alloy. Metall Trans A 11, 1927–1937 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02655112
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