Aluminum alloy for producing high performance shaped castings

An aluminum alloy for shaped castings, the alloy having the following composition ranges in weight percent: about 6.0-8.5% silicon, less than 0.4% magnesium, less than 0.1% cerium, less than 0.2% iron, copper in a range from about 0.1% to about 0.5% and/or zinc in a range from about 1% to about 4%,...

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Main Authors BRANDT MICHAEL K, JORGENSEN SVEIN, GLAZOFF MICHAEL V, PETTESEN KNUT, JACOBSEN PAAL S, VOS MARTIJN, YANAR CAGATAY, JOHNSEN TERJE, ZHANG WENPING, MBAYE MOUSTAPHA, GRASMO GEIR, LIN JEN C
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LanguageEnglish
Published 08.08.2006
Subjects
ALLOYS
CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS ANDNON-FERROUS ALLOYS
CHEMISTRY
FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
METALLURGY
TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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Summary:An aluminum alloy for shaped castings, the alloy having the following composition ranges in weight percent: about 6.0-8.5% silicon, less than 0.4% magnesium, less than 0.1% cerium, less than 0.2% iron, copper in a range from about 0.1% to about 0.5% and/or zinc in a range from about 1% to about 4%, the alloy being particularly suited for T5 heat treatment.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20050045845