Effect of Solidification Rate and Rare Earth Metal Addition on the Microstructural Characteristics and Porosity Formation in A356 Alloy

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2017/5086418/figures/5086418.fig.0016a.svgz" name="5086418.fig.0016a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Variation in surface area percentage porosity as a function of La content and casting/solidification condition of the A356 alloy samples (legend at the top center indicates the La level of the samples)</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2017/5086418/figures/5086418.fig.0016b.svgz" name="5086418.fig.0016b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Variation in pore density as a function of La content and casting/solidification condition of the A356 alloy samples (legend at the top center indicates the La level of the samples)</td></tr></table>

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Figure 16: Effect of Solidification Rate and Rare Earth Metal Addition on the Microstructural Characteristics and Porosity Formation in A356 Alloy 