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The recycling process of aluminum scraps commonly contains high amount of impurities, especially Fe content which results in degraded properties compared with the primary aluminum production. The refinement of Fe-intermetallic compounds becomes increasingly important to extend the utilization of recycled aluminum. In this study, a thermo-mechanical process of Al-(2.2–2.3)mass%Si-0.9mass%Mg-(1.0–2.0)mass%Fe alloys by caliber rolling process was performed to investigate the refinement of Fe-intermetallic compounds and the mechanical properties. Fine fragmented Fe-intermetallic particles from around 200nm were achieved after 95% caliber rolling. The caliber rolling can effectively improve mechanical properties with good ultimate strength of 345–360MPa and high elongation of 15–25% in comparison with the as-cast l%Fe specimen with low ultimate strength of 269MPa and low elongation of 1.5%.
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Phongphisutthinan, C., Tezuka, H., Sato, T., Takamori, S., Ohsawa, Y. (2012). Refinement of Fe-Intermetallic Compounds by Caliber Rolling Process of AL-MG-SI-FE Alloys. In: Suarez, C.E. (eds) Light Metals 2012. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48179-1_46
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