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.005a.svgz" name="5086418.fig.005a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Solidification curves obtained from A356 alloys containing different La and Ce additions (no Sr was added). The black arrow indicates the start of solidification [<a href="/journals/amse/2017/5086418/#B19">18</a>, <a href="/journals/amse/2017/5086418/#B20">19</a>]</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2017/5086418/figures/5086418.fig.005b.svgz" name="5086418.fig.005b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Solidification curves obtained from A356 alloys containing different La and Ce additions (~100 ppm Sr was added)</td></tr></table>

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Figure 5: Effect of Solidification Rate and Rare Earth Metal Addition on the Microstructural Characteristics and Porosity Formation in A356 Alloy 