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← TechnologyWhich risk increases when dissolved gases exceed solubility during investment casting?
A)Formation of interdendritic porosity✓
B)Increase in effective thermal conductivity
C)Densification of the solidified alloy
D)Suppression of gamma prime precipitates
💡 Explanation
Gas porosity develops because the solubility limit decreases rapidly during solidification leading to bubble nucleation; the undercooled liquid then freezes preventing the gas ‘escape’ – this is the **solute redistribution**. Therefore, porosity increases, rather than lower density, due to other diffusion phenomena at equilibrium.
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