Effects of Al-Ti-B-Sr Master Alloy on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of A356 Alloy

Abstract:

A356 alloy was refined with a new master alloy of Al-5Ti-B-10Sr. The microstructure and mechanical properties of the refined A356 alloy with different content of master alloy (0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 and 0.7 wt.%) were investigated. The results show that the refining effect becomes stronger as the master alloy content increasing from 0.1 to 0.3 wt.%, and then shows slight decrement until 0.7 wt.%. An optimal combination of the tensile strength (193 MPa) and the elongation (17.8%) of as-cast A356 alloy was achieved with 0.3 wt.% of refining master alloy. Compared to the non-modified A356 alloy, the tensile strength and the elongation were improved by 10% and 242%, respectively.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 898)
• Pages: 131-136
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.898.131
• Online since: June 2017
• Authors: Jian Hua Wu*, Hou Liang Zhao, Ji Xue Zhou, Wei Hong Li, Jin Wang, Lin Lin Zhang
• Keywords: A356 Alloy, Al-Ti-B-Sr, Mechanical Properties, Microstructure

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