Spheroidization and Coarsening of Eutectic Si Particles in Al-Si-Based Alloys

Figure 18

Plots of room temperature tensile properties of 356 alloy in the T4 temper: (a) unmodified alloy; (b) Sr-modified alloy; coarsening of Si particles in Sr-modified alloy after solutionizing at 550°C for 50 h: (c) 2D and (d) 3D.

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