Morphological Variation of Fe/Cr-Rich Intermetallic Phase in Recycled Al-Si Alloy as a Function of Solidification Rate: Time-Resolved Radiography

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Effects of Cr addition on morphology of β-Al5FeSi phase formed in recycled aluminum alloy were studied as a function of cooling rate by technology of time-resolved radiography. The Cr addition to iron-contaminated recycled alloys modified the needle-like β-Al5FeSi into faceted dendritic α-AlFeCrSi phase in condition of conventional casting. Time-resolved radiography of the formation of α-AlFeCrSi revealed the transition of its morphology from polyhedron at about 10K/min of cooling rate to equiaxed dendrite of faceted arms at about 50K/min. of cooling rate.

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Materials Science Forum (Volumes 654-656)

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974-977

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June 2010

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