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Aluminum Matrix In-Situ Composites Reinforced with Mg
2
Si and
Al
3
Ti
Evgeny Prusov
a,
*, Vladislav Deev
b
, Evgeny Rakhuba
b
a
Vladimir State University named after Alexander and Nikolay Stoletovs, Gorky St. 87, Vladimir, 600000, Russian Federation
b
National University of Science & Technology MISIS, Leninsky Pr., 4, Moscow, 119049, Russian Federation
Abstract
Cast aluminum matrix composites are promising materials for the production of responsible and particularly critical parts used in
the high-technology fields of industry such as aerospace, automotive, electronics, etc. In this work, hybrid aluminum matrix
composite reinforced with in-situ formed Mg2Si and Al3Ti particles were synthesized successfully in gravity casting conditions,
and the influence of thermal conditions of solidification on the structural parameters of endogenous reinforcing phases was
investigated. The results show that an increase in the cooling rate during solidification due to the application of a copper mold
instead steel mold leads to reduction in the average size of the Mg2Si primary crystals, improvement of the distribution
uniformity and significant increasing of their total quantity; at the same time, the average size of Al3Ti particles decreases
substantially but their quantity is approximately the same for both types of molds.
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Selection and/or Peer-review under responsibility of International Conference on Modern Trends in Manufacturing Technologies and Equipment
2018: Materials Science.
Keywords: Al-matrix in-situ composites; hybrid reinforcement; microstructiral characterization; particle size; solidification conditions
1. Introduction
The problem of creating materials with a predetermined set of properties for various branches of industry is one
of the most important in the field of materials science and technology. The possibilities for further improving the
mechanical and operational properties of standard alloys are insufficient for their successful competition with
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E-mail address: eprusov@mail.ru