An Overview of Semisolid Processing of Aluminium Alloys

Table 1

Examples of mechanical properties of thixoformed samples for modified aluminium alloys.

Process	Starting alloy	Modified alloys	Feedstock production method	Heat treatment	UTS (Mpa)	YS (Mpa)	Elongation (%)
Thixoforming; (Kapranos et al.) [29]	A390	A390 + 1 wt% Ni	Continuous casting	T6	411	NA	0.10
		A390 + 4 wt% Ni	Continuous casting	T6	354	NA	0.25
				T4	270	164	8.0
Rheodie casting (RDC); (Patel et al.) [34]	A356	Al-6Si-2Mg-0.5Fe	Ultrarefining technique	T5	360	323	1.2
				T6	342	312	1.6
		A380 + 0.7 wt% Fe		NA	176.35	163.14	1.62
Thixoforming; (Shabestari and Parshizfard) [35]	A380	A380 + 1.5 wt% Fe	Partial melting	NA	178.02	166.71	1.45
		A380 + 3 wt% Fe		NA	181.11	169.02	1.44