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Effect of Sr and (Ti-B) Additives on Tensile Properties of AC4A Recycled Aluminum Casting Alloys

재활용 AC4A 알루미늄 합금의 인장특성에 미치는 (Ti-B), Sr 첨가제의 영향

  • Oh, Seung-Hwan (Department of Metallurgical Eng, Pukyong National Graduate School) ;
  • Kim, Heon-Joo (Department of Metallurgical Eng, Pukyong National Univ.)
  • 오승환 (부경대학교 대학원 금속공학과) ;
  • 김헌주 (부경대학교 공과대학 금속공학과)
  • Received : 2018.03.29
  • Accepted : 2018.06.11
  • Published : 2018.10.31
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Abstract

The effects of Sr and (Ti-B) additives on the tensile properties of AC4A recycled (35% scrap content) aluminum alloys were investigated. An acicular morphology of the eutectic Si phase of as-cast specimens was converted to a fibrous morphology upon the addition of Sr. Moreover, morphology of the Sr modified eutectic Si phase became finer due to a T6 heat treatment. The grain size of the ${\alpha}$-solid solution was decreased by the addition of (Ti-B) additives. Depending on the treatment conditions of the as-cast specimens, i.e., no addition, a Sr addition and a (Ti-B)+Sr addition, the tensile strength levels of the as-cast specimens were 182, 192, and 204MPa, respectively. The corresponding strengths of T6 heat-treated specimens were 293, 308, and 318MPa. Elongations of the as-cast specimens were 2.2, 3.1, and 5.6%, and the corresponding elongations of the T6 heat-treated specimens were 4.6, 6.1, and 7.6%. The percentage of the reduced section area in the tensile specimens was also increased by the Sr and (Ti-B) additives. Sr and (Ti-B) additives changed the microstructure and the distribution of defects in the castings, resulting in an improvement of the tensile properties of AC4A aluminum alloys. According to our test results, recycled (35% scrap content) AC4A aluminum alloy met all of the KS requirements of the tensile strength and elongation values of AC4A aluminum alloy except for the elongation value of the one specimen condition, in this case the as-cast no-addition condition.

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