Research Article

Effect of Alloying Elements and Ceramic Coating on the Surface Temperature of an Aluminum Piston in a Diesel Engine

Table 1

Three AlSi alloy pistons with different compositions of elements [10].

ElementsSiliconCopperMagnesiumNickelManganeseTitaniumIronZinc

A112.15%0.98%0.97%0.97%0.08%0.091%0.30%0.002%
A211.95%3.47%1.08%1.87%0.20%0.093%0.33%0.005%
A312.33%3.71%0.94%2.35%0.31%0.102%0.43%0.076%