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aluminum-silicon alloy

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aluminum-silicon alloy [ə′lüm·ə·nəm ′sil·i·kən ′a‚lȯi]
(metallurgy)
An alloy of aluminum, 5-22% silicon, and sometimes small amounts of other metals, characterized by ease of casting and welding, light weight, and high resistance to corrosion.


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Room: Versailles 1-2 Development of Hypereutectic Aluminum-Silicon Alloys for High Pressure Die Casting (T09-041) Al-Si-Cu Alloy Design for Enhanced Fracture Toughness in Heat Treated High Pressure Die-Castings (T09-042) Development of Super-Vacuum Die Casting (SVDC) Process for Magnesium Alloys (T09-043) Wednesday, April 8 8:30 a.
Specific topics include mechanisms of eutectic solidification of aluminum-silicon alloys, observation of crack initiation during hot tearing, the effects of oxide films and porosity on fatigue of cast aluminum alloys, and fluidized bed heat treatment of cast aluminum alloys.
Like the use of a specialist casting supplier to not only produce the aluminum-silicon alloy block, but to completely machine it as well.
 
 
 
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