Acta Mechanica Slovaca 2022, 26(4):12-19 | DOI: 10.21496/ams.2023.004

The Effect of AlTi5B1 Masteralloy on Al-Si Alloy Casts Grain Size

Tomáš Vlach¹, Roman Horký²

¹ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Technology and Materials, J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Pasteurova 1, 400 96, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

² Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Technology and Materials, J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Pasteurova 1, 400 96, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

This article deals with the issue of silumin inoculation. Two alloys, AlSi7Mg0.3 and AlSi10.5Cu1.2Mn0.8Ni1.2, were selected. 4 pieces of castings were cast from each alloy. One casting was not inoculated and 3 castings were inoculated using AlTi5B1 prealloy in concentrations of 0.05 wt. %, 0.1 wt % and 0.2 wt. % Ti. The castings were cast into metal molds preheated to a temperature of 200°C ± 5°C. In total, 8 pieces of metallographic cuttings were prepared for each alloy. Four samples were taken from the bottom part of the casting and four samples from the middle part of the casting. Secondary axes of DAS dendrites were measured using a microscope. Subsequently, the microhardness of the solid solution α was measured according to Vickers.

Keywords: inoculation, size of grain, Al-Si alloys, hardness, microhardness, DAS

Received: October 22, 2022; Revised: November 8, 2022; Accepted: November 23, 2022; Published: December 15, 2022  Show citation