A Review Study on the Main Sources of Porosity in Al‐Si Cast Alloys

A Samuel, Y Zedan, H Doty… - … in Materials Science …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The present study was performed on A356 and B319 alloys in mechanically stirred or
degassed condition. Melts were Sr‐modified and grain‐refined. Hydrogen content was …

A review on porosity formation in aluminum-based alloys

AM Samuel, E Samuel, V Songmene, FH Samuel - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The main objective of this review is to analyze the equations proposed for expressing the
effect of various parameters on porosity formation in aluminum-based alloys. These …

The origins for tensile properties of selective laser melted aluminium alloy A357

JH Rao, Y Zhang, X Fang, Y Chen, X Wu… - Additive …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work the tensile behaviour of selective laser melted (SLMed) aluminium alloy A357 in
the as-fabricated and heat-treated states is explained using scanning electron microscopy …

Achieving grain refinement of α-Al and Si modification simultaneously by La‒B‒Sr addition in Al‒10Si alloys

Q Luo, X Li, Q Li, L Yuan, L Peng, F Pan… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract As-cast Al‒Si alloys always face low ductility because of coarse α-Al grains and
large lamellar eutectic Si. Although B-containing refiners and Sr modifiers could refine the α …

Effects of hatch spacing on pore segregation and mechanical properties during blue laser directed energy deposition of AlSi10Mg

A Wang, Q Wei, Z Tang, JP Oliveira, CLA Leung… - Additive …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hatch spacing is a crucial parameter for achieving superior mechanical properties during
the process of laser directed energy deposition (L-DED) process. However, the optimum …

Lattice Boltzmann modeling of bubble formation and dendritic growth in solidification of binary alloys

D Sun, M Zhu, J Wang, B Sun - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2016 - Elsevier
The cellular automaton (CA)–lattice Boltzmann (LB) coupled model is extended to three
dimensions to study bubble formation and dendritic growth of binary alloys. The coupled …

Cluster-assisted nucleation of silicon phase in hypoeutectic Al–Si alloy with further inoculation

Y Zhang, H Zheng, Y Liu, L Shi, R Xu, X Tian - Acta Materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
The paper discusses the responses of eutectic silicon and eutectic cells in Al–10Si alloy
upon inoculation with an Al–10Si–2Fe master alloy. The further inoculation hardly destroys …

Characterization of the effect of melt treatments on melt quality in Al-7wt% Si-Mg alloys

M Uludağ, R Çetin, D Dispinar, M Tiryakioğlu - Metals, 2017 - mdpi.com
The effects of degassing, holding time and melt additions (Sr, Sr+ Ti, Ti, B and B+ Sr) on the
quality of A356 melts were examined. A total of 120 reduced pressure test samples were …

The effects of degassing, grain refinement & Sr-addition on melt quality-hot tear sensitivity relationships in cast A380 aluminum alloy

M Uludağ, R Cetin, D Dispinar, M Tiryakioğlu - Engineering Failure …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hot tearing tendency of A380 with various element additions (Sr, Sr+ Ti, Ti, B and B+ Sr) was
investigated. Constrained rod casting (CRC) hot tearing test method was used to …

Nanoparticle-induced nucleation of eutectic silicon in hypoeutectic Al-Si alloy

K Wang, HY Jiang, QD Wang, B Ye, WJ Ding - Materials Characterization, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, significant refinement of eutectic grains in Sr-modified Al-10Si alloys was
achieved upon addition of TiC 0.5 N 0.5 nanoparticles (NPs). Results showed that the …