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the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

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the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

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  • pISSN : 1738-8228
  • eISSN : 2288-8241

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Title The Effects of Mn on the Crystallization of α-Al(Fe, Mn)Si phase in A356 Alloys
Authors 김현유(Hyun You Kim); 한상원(Sang Won Han); 이혁모(Hyuck Mo Lee)
Page pp.413-417
ISSN 1738-8228(ISSN), 2288-8241(eISSN)
Keywords A356 alloy; Solidification sequence; α-Al(Fe; Mn)Si phase; B2 ordered crystal structure
Abstract The effects of Mn on the crystallization behaviors of Fe-bearing intermetallics in A356 alloy were studied. β-Al5FeSi phase was converted into α-Al(Fe, Mn)Si phase in response to Mn addition. As the Mn content was increased in A356 alloy, crystallization temperature of α-Al(Fe, Mn)Si phase was elevated and α-Al(Fe, Mn)Si phases were coarsened into a rod-like or skeleton-like morphology. In the alloy containing 0.40 wt.%Mn, needle-like α-Al(Fe, Mn)Si phase was newly grown nearby Si particles during solution treatment. Increasing Mn/Fe ratio in α-Al(Fe, Mn)Si phase changed crystal structure of α-Al(Fe, Mn)Si phase from BCC(disorder) into SC(B2-ordered) state.