Investigation of Modifying Alloying Elements in High-Pressure Injection Casting Eutectic Al-Si Alloys

Year 2024, Volume: 28 Issue: 3, 668 - 684, 30.06.2024

Alpaslan Kılıçarslan , Hatem Akbulut

https://doi.org/10.16984/saufenbilder.1408939

Abstract

In the study, the mechanical properties of aluminum alloys produced by the injection molding method, especially using Strontium and Titanium metals, were optimized without being subjected to cold forming. Mechanical tests were applied to the alloys produced by the high-pressure casting technique, and their strength, hardness, and microstructure were examined. Optical and SEM microscopy examinations investigated grain structures. Within the scope of the study, AlTi5B1 master alloy and AlSr10 master alloy were added to the pure AlSi10 (Fe) alloy in 5 different compositions. AlTi5B1 master alloy added to pure AlSi10(Fe) alloy significantly increased the hardness by reducing the grain size. Si modification took place with the addition of AlSr10 master alloy, and it was observed that the obtained weight ratios of 150ppm, 300ppm, and 450ppm Sr increased the hardness proportionally by 2.5 HB each. With the increase in Ti and Sr master alloys added, a significant increase was observed in tensile and yield strengths and % elongation rates. In the compression test, the percentage (%) deformation elongation, the reduction of the grain structure of the material by the added Ti and Sr elements, and the transformation of the eutectic silicon into a spherical structure absorbed the applied Fm force. This led to an increase in strength, and while the permanent deformation elongation decreased as the weight of Ti increased, it was observed that the permanent deformation elongation decreased proportionally with each added amount of 150 ppm Sr. The addition of the Ti element reduced the grain size by shrinking the α-Al dendrites, but it did not affect the eutectic Si.

Keywords

AlSi12(Fe) alloy, High-Pressure casting, Ti and Sr modification, Microstructure, Mechanical properties

Supporting Institution

AYHAN METAL PRES DÖKÜM A.Ş / SAKARYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ - Laboratuvar İmkanları

Thanks

The author would like to thank Prof.Dr. Hatem AKBULUT for his contributions.

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