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Thermodynamic stability of AlSi11 alloy microconstituents

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Aluminium alloys possess excellent mechanical, physically chemical and technological properties which have found an extensive application in the automotive industry. Alloy AlSi11 belongs to a group of eutectic alloys characterized by high fluidity, low pouring temperature and narrow solidification interval which comprehend to the uniformly distributed eutectic microstructure indicating superior mechanical and technological properties. Study of AlSi11 alloy solidification sequence has been accompanied by calculation of equilibrium phase diagram, and simultaneous thermal analysis, all in correlation with microstructure development. Thermodynamic calculation revealed solidification sequence with corresponding temperatures in equilibrium state. Differential scanning calorimetry enables determination of exact temperatures of phases’ transformations correlated at different cooling rates. Dilatometer thermal analysis defined dimensional changes of AlSi11 alloy. Microstructural examination revealed development of following constituents: primary aluminium (αAl), high-temperature intermetallic phases on the iron base (Al5FeSi and/or Al15(Fe,Mn)3Si2), binary eutectic (αAl + βSi) and secondary eutectic (Mg2Si and Al5Mg8FeSi6) as a last solidifying phases. Synergy of performed phase diagram calculation, thermodynamic and microstructural investigation enables determination of thermodynamic stability of AlSi11 alloy exposed to different cooling conditions, with respect to phase’s evolution.

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Company Jajce Alloy Wheels Ltd for samples and University of Rijeka Department of physics for help are greatly acknowledged. Investigation was done in the frame of financial support of investigation of University of Zagreb, Croatia (TP167).

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  2. Institute of Metals and Technology, Lepi pot 6, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Zovko Brodarac, Z., Holjevac Grgurić, T. & Burja, J. Thermodynamic stability of AlSi11 alloy microconstituents. J Therm Anal Calorim 127, 431–438 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-016-5746-6

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