Effects of iron on intermetallic compound formation in scandium modified Al-Si-Mg Alloys
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Author list: Patakham U., Limmaneevichitr C.
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication year: 2014
Journal: Journal of Alloys and Compounds (0925-8388)
Volume number: 616
Start page: 198
End page: 207
Number of pages: 10
ISSN: 0925-8388
eISSN: 1873-4669
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
In general, iron has a strong tendency to dissolve in molten aluminum. Iron has very low solid solubility in aluminum-silicon casting alloys, so it will form intermetallic compounds that cause detrimental effects on mechanical properties. In this work, the effects of iron on intermetallic compound formations in scandium modified Al-Si-Mg alloys were studied. There were two levels of iron addition (0.2 and 0.4 wt.%) and two levels of scandium addition (0.2 and 0.4 wt.%). We found that the effects of scandium modification decreased with increasing iron addition. The morphologies of the complex intermetallic compounds were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) techniques. It was found that scandium changes the morphology of Fe-rich intermetallic compounds from β-phase (plate-like) to α-phase, which reduces the harmful effects of β-phase. © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Sc-rich intermetallic phases
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