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The effect of titanium and titanium diboride inoculation on the spatial variation of local solidification time for direct chill (DC) cast ingots of aluminum alloy 5182 (AA5182) was studied. The results have been compared to those of an ingot cast without grain refining. To accomplish this, the effect of grain refining on a number of ingot characteristics such as grain size, macrosegregation, spatial variation of dendrite arm spacing, and thermal conductivity was investigated. Furthermore, the effect of grain refining on the well-known relationship between dendrite arm spacing and local solidification time had to be established for AA5182. The results indicated that the spatial variation of dendrite arm spacing in the industrial ingots was independent of grain refining, although the nonrefined ingot produced significantly finer dendrite arm spacings in its center. This was attributed to the influence of showering crystals in the nonrefined ingot. The relationship between dendrite arm spacing and local solidification time was also found to be independent of grain refining.

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