Effects of Solidification Rate in the Microstructure of Al-Si5Cu3 Aluminum Cast Alloy

AUTOR(ES)

Farina, Maria Eduarda, Bell, Pedro, Ferreira, Carlos Raimundo Frick, Dedavid, Berenice Anina

FONTE

Mat. Res.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

20/07/2017

RESUMO

Aluminium alloy Al-Si5Cu3 (319) is one of the most commonly used casting alloys for automobile components, due to its casting characteristics. Iron is the major impurity element that influences the detrimental β-phase formation in secondary aluminum alloys. In the present study, we investigated the influence of the cooling rate on the formation of iron compounds, α-Al15(Mn,Fe)3Si2 and β-Fe5AlSi phases, in Al-Si5Cu3 containing 1.0% Fe, 0.5% Mn and 0.2% Mg, by thermal analysis and metallography. The results show that the high cooling rates, between 10-103 K/s, are able to reduce and nullify the formation of needle-like β-Al5FeSi phase, and help the formation of the Chinese scripts α-Al15(Fe,Mn)3Si2 phase. The analysis of the curves reveals that the increase of the cooling rate increases the temperature of nucleation of the α-Al dendrite and decrease the eutectics Al-Si and Al-Cu phases.

Documentos Relacionados

• Effect of Rapid Solidification and Addition of Cu3P on the Mechanical Properties of Hypereutectic Al-Si Alloys
• Solidification microstructure, mechanical and wear resitances of Al-Sn and Al-Si alloys
• Solidification thermal variables, microstructure and mechanical properties of hypoeutetic Al-Si alloys
• Effect of Squeeze Casting on Microhardness and Microstructure of Al-3Cu-xSi Alloy
• Effect of cooling slope and manganese on the microstructure of hypereutectic Al-Si alloy with 2 %Fe