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A Super-Ductile Alloy for the Diecasting of Aluminium Automotive Body Structural Components

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Super-ductile diecast aluminium alloys are critical to future lightweighting of automotive body structures. This paper introduces a diecast aluminium alloy that can satisfy the requirements of these applications. After a review of currently available alloys, the requirement of a diecast aluminium alloy for automotive body structural parts is proposed and an Al-Mg-Si system is suggested. The effect of the alloying elements, in the composition, has been investigated on the microstructure and mechanical properties, in particular the yield strength, the ultimate tensile strength and elongation.

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Materials Science Forum (Volumes 794-796)

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526-531

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https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.794-796.526

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June 2014

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Douglas Watson*, Shouxun Ji, Zhong Yun Fan

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Aluminium Alloy, Automotive, High Pressure Die Casting (HPDC), Mechanical Property, Microstructure

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