Research Article

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

Table 1

Average chemical compositions of intermetallic compounds ( and ) observed in high Fe containing near-eutectic Al-Si alloys prepared by rapid solidification as deduced by EDS analysis.

SpecimenPhasechemical composition atomic %
AlFeSi

Al-11Si-11Feα85.0010.464.54
β80.477.9711.56