Al-Si-P master alloy and its modification and refinement performance on Al-Si alloys

• 作 者: ZUO Min LIU Xiangfa DAI Hongshang LIU Xiangjun
• 机 构: Key Laboratory of Liquid-Solid Structure Evolution and Processing of MaterialsMinistry of Education,
• 出 处: 稀有金属（英文版）
• 发表日期: 2009年4期
• 关键词: Al-Si alloys Al-Si-P master alloy primary Si P recovery modification refinement

An Al-Si-P master alloy has been developed by an in-situ reaction and the electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA) results show that there are many pre-formed AlP particles contained in the master alloy. Silicon introduced into the system plays an important role in remarkably im-proving the distribution and content of AlP particles due to their similar crystal structure and lattice parameters. ZL109 alloys have shown fast modification response to the addition of 0.5% Al-15Si-3.SP master alloy at 720℃, with a mass of primary Si precipitating in size of about 15 μm. Also, coarse primary Si grains in Al-30Si alloy can be refined dramatically from 150 μm to 37 μm after the addition of 2.0% Al- 15Si-3.5P master alloy at 850℃. The P recovery of the Al-15Si-3.5P master alloy is much higher than that of a Cu-8.SP master alloy due to the pre-formed AlP particles.