Due to the good uniformity, toughness and machining properties of equiaxed crystals, the cracking risk can be reduced in the subsequent processing of 4J36 Invar ingot, however, most of the previous studies focused on the solidification process of steel and alloy by using
CAFE model, and the influence of nucleation parameters on the solidification structure of 4J36 ingot has not been reported. Therefore, the solidification process of 4J36 ingot was simulated by CAFE model, and the influences of nucleation parameters on the solidification structure of ingot were discussed. The experimental result was in agreement with the simulation result, which verified the accuracy of the model and showed that it could be effectively applied to the simulation and prediction of solidification structure of 4J36 invar ingot. The results show that when the body maximum nucleation density increases from 2×10
6
m
-3
to 2×10
9
m
-3
, the columnar crystal region will decrease, the central equiaxed crystal range will expand, the grain number will increase by 97.6%, the average grain area will decrease by 97.6%, the maximum grain area will increase by 98.6%, the average grain radius will decrease by 89.3%, and the minimum grain area will remain unchanged. When the surface maximum nucleation density increases from 2×10
5
m
-2
to 2×10
8
m
-2
, the crystal structure of the ingot will not change significantly, the grain number will increase by 13.4%, and the average grain radius will decrease by 10.3%. When the body maximum nuclear super-cooling degree increases from 0.5 K to 4 K, the columnar crystal region will increase, the central equiaxed crystal range will decrease, the grain coarsening is obvious, the grain number will decrease by 55.2%, and the average grain radius will increase by 36.1%. When surface maximum nucleation super-cooling degree increases from 0.5 K to 2 K, there will be no obvious effect on the crystal structure and grain size of the ingot.
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