Effect of Solidification Processing Parameters and Silicon Content on the Dendritic Spacing and Hardness in Hypoeutectic Al-Si Alloys
AUTOR(ES)
Sales, Roberto Carlos, Felipe Junior, Paulo, Paradela, Késsia Gomes, Garção, Wysllan Jefferson Lima, Ferreira, Alexandre Furtado
FONTE
Mat. Res.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
17/09/2018
RESUMO
Aluminium with silicon as alloying element, form a class of material providing the most significant part of all material casting manufactured materials. These alloys have a wide range of applications in the automotive and aerospace industries. It is widely recognized that moderate addition of silicon to aluminum, significantly improves the resulting mechanical properties. Hypoeutectic Al-Si alloys were used in the present experimental study to investigate the solidification parameters effect and Si 3-5 wt% addition on the microstructural features and resulting hardness in a vertical directional solidification system. The hypoeutectic alloys were directionally solidified under transient heat flow conditions in a range of cooling rates from 0.3 to 4 ºC/s. Characterization analyses by optical microscopy indicate clearly that secondary dendritic arm spacing (λ2) increases significantly with the decrease in solidification speed (SP) and cooling rate (Ṫ). On the other hand, experimental growth laws relating the secondary dendritic arm spacing (λ2) to the solidification speed (SP) and cooling rate (Ṫ) indicate that Si addition from 3 wt% to 5 wt% has induced a thickening effect leading to increase in λ2 . While, experimental results have shown that the resulting hardness increase as solidification processing parameters (SP and Ṫ ) increase. Results of Vickers hardness test for Al-5 wt% Si alloy has hardness increase of 18 % from that of Al-3 wt% Si alloy with mean values of 26 and 22 HV, respectively.
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