Casting Aluminum Alloys

This monograph summarizes the Alcoa Inc. project. The research covered areas of aluminum alloys in industrial manufacturing.

· Emphasis on interconnection between phase equilibria, thermodynamics and microstructure of alloys;
· Systematic overview of all phase diagrams with Al aluminum
· Diagrams ("processing windows") of important technological properties such as castability, molten metal fluidity, tendency to hot pre-solidification, cracking, porosity
· Mathematical models for the best mechanical development
· New principles of design of eutectic casting aluminum alloys
· Examples of successful novel casting alloy development, including alloys for high-strength applications, alloys with transition metals, and novel alloys utilizing aluminum scrap

Introduction, List of Symbols and Abbreviations, 1. Alloys Elements and Impurities: Phase Diagrams, 2. Structure of Aluminum Alloys in As-Cast Condition, 3. The Role of Heat Treatment in Microstructure Formation of Aluminum Alloys, 4. Composition and Microstructure Dependence of Casting and Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Alloys, 5. Industrial Alloys, 6. Novel Casting Alloys, Literature, Appendix 1 Compositions of Principal Casting Alloys (Nomenclature of Aluminum Association), Appendix 2 Binary Phase Diagrams Important for Understanding Aluminum Alloys, Appendix 3 Levels of Mechanical Properties of Casting Alloys, Appendix 5 Date on Fracture Toughness, UST, YS, Fatigue Properties, Thermal Resistance, Corrosion Resistance and Castability of Al-Si Based Casting Alloys, Appendix 6 Analysis of Uniaxial Tensile Deformation Testing Data Using the Mechanics of Finite Deformations