Review Article

An Overview of Semisolid Processing of Aluminium Alloys

Table 4

Examples of Mechanical properties of thixoformed samples.

ProcessAlloyFeedstock production methodHeat treatmentUTS (Mpa)YS (Mpa)Elongation (%)

Thixoforging
(Cho and Kang) [44]
A356Magnetohydrodynamic stirring (MHD)T62982535.4
Thixoforming
(Haga and Kapranos) [45]
A356Cooling slope (CS)T629323415
Thixoforming
(Haga and Kapranos) [45]
A356Low superheat casting (LSC)T629123212
Thixoforming
(Lee and Oh) [46]
A357Magnetohydrodynamic stirring (MHD)T63462804