Microstructure and Microhardness Evolutions of High Fe Containing Near-Eutectic Al-Si Rapidly Solidified Alloy

Figure 1

SEM micrographs of Al-11Si-11Fe as-spun samples (a), (c), and (e) and the corresponding EDS-spectra (b), (d), and (f); additional red signals are corresponding to oxygen and carbon.

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