Strontium in Al–Si–Mg alloy: a review

MRS Ganesh, N Reghunath, M J. Levin… - Metals and Materials …, 2022 - Springer
The present article reviews the development of cast aluminium alloy with highlights on
improvement in the morphological, mechanical, tribological, and ageing properties of Sr …

Effects of melt thermal treatment on cast Al-Si alloys: A review

S Manani, AK Pradhan - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
The shape and size of primary phases (α-Al and primary Si in hypoeutectic and
hypereutectic alloys, respectively), and that of eutectic Si phase significantly affect the …

Novel Al-Ti-Nb-B grain refiners with superior efficiency for Al-Si alloys

Y Li, Y Jiang, B Hu, Q Li - Scripta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
A superior anti Si-poisoning Al-Ti-Nb-B refiner with Ti: Nb= 1: 4 and M: B= 8: 1 (M= Ti, Nb)
was developed by a comprehensive data screening on the Al-10Si/Al-Ti-Nb-B system with …

Synergistic effect of ultrasonic melt treatment and fast cooling on the refinement of primary Si in a hypereutectic Al–Si alloy

JG Jung, TY Ahn, YH Cho, SH Kim, JM Lee - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
A mechanism describing the synergistic effect of ultrasonic melt treatment (UST) and
subsequent fast cooling on the refinement of primary Si particles in a hypereutectic Al− Si …

The varied mechanisms of yttrium (Y) modifying a hypoeutectic Al–Si alloy under conditions of different cooling rates

G Mao, H Yan, C Zhu, Z Wu, W Gao - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019 - Elsevier
The varied mechanisms of yttrium (Y) modifying a hypoeutectic Al–Si alloy under conditions
of different cooling rates were investigated using solidification curves, scanning electron …

Investigation of the influences of ternary Mg addition on the solidification microstructure and mechanical properties of as-cast Al–10Si alloys

Q Li, F Qiu, BX Dong, HY Yang, SL Shu, M Zha… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract A hypoeutectic Al–10Si-2.0 Mg ternary alloy with high strength and high ductility
was developed for as-cast service conditions. The effects of eutectic-forming element Mg on …

Impact of P and Sr on solidification sequence and morphology of hypoeutectic Al–Si alloys: Combined thermodynamic computation and phase-field simulation

J Eiken, M Apel, SM Liang, R Schmid-Fetzer - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Even small amounts of Phosphorus and Strontium strongly affect the microstructure of
hypoeutectic Al–Si alloys. P is an unavoidable trace element in commercial Al-alloys which …

Thermodynamic description of the quaternary Al-Si-Mg-Sc system and its application to the design of novel Sc-additional A356 alloys

Z Lu, L Zhang - Materials & Design, 2017 - Elsevier
Using published experimental phase equilibria, a self-consistent thermodynamic database
of the Al-Si-Mg-Sc quaternary system in Al-rich corner was established by application of the …

Morphologically templated nucleation of primary Si on AlP in hypereutectic Al-Si alloys

X Zhu, S Wang, X Dong, X Liu, S Ji - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
AlP has been widely used as an effective heterogenous nucleus for primary Si phase in
hypereutectic Al-Si alloys, but the morphological correlation between AlP and primary Si is …

Understanding of strengthening and toughening mechanisms for Sc-modified Al-Si-(Mg) series casting alloys designed by computational thermodynamics

Z Lu, L Zhang, J Wang, Q Yao, G Rao… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The solidification diagrams of A357-Sc, A360-Sc and A380-Sc were constructed on the
basis of the Scheil-Gulliver solidification simulations and previously well-established …