Production of Primary Silumins Ingots Modified with Strontium

Abstract:

The article examines a number of regularities in the production of primary cast ingots of AlSi7Mg, AlSi7MgSr, AlSi11Mg, and AlSi11MgSr. Peculiarities of melting and cast of these alloys, as well as the effect silicon and strontium have on the formation of the shrinkage cavities, have been explored. It has been demonstrated that strontium, when used as a modifier, changes not only the morphology of silicon, but also the nature of solidification and shrinkage of the alloy. Defects formed in the ingots manufactured from near – eutectic AlSi11MgSr alloy have been studied in greater detail.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 316)
• Pages: 490-495
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.316.490
• Online since: April 2021
• Authors: Mikhail P. Kuz'min*, Marina Yu. Kuz'mina, Petr B. Kuz'min
• Keywords: Admixture, Aluminum Alloy, Doping, Ingot, Macro- and Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, Modifying, Porosity, Shrinkage Defects, Silumin, Smelting, Strontium

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