Evolution of Fe based intermetallic phases in Al-Si hypoeutectic casting alloys: Influence of the Si and Fe concentrations, and solidification rate

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 577, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-124

  Gorny, Anton ^a   Manickaraj, Jeyakumar ^a   Cai, Zhonghou ^b   Shankar, Sumanth ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Al Si alloys; Intermetallic phases; Microstructure; Non equilibrium; Solidification; Synchrotron diffraction

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; ION BEAMS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE DIAGRAMS; REACTION RATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; SOLIDIFICATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AL-SI ALLOY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; FOCUSED ION BEAM MILLING MACHINES; INTERMETALLIC PHASIS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; SOLIDIFICATION PARAMETER; SYNCHROTRON DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE IMAGING;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84878008517     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.04.139     Document Type: Article

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