[HTML][HTML] The aluminium industry: A review on state-of-the-art technologies, environmental impacts and possibilities for waste heat recovery

D Brough, H Jouhara - International Journal of Thermofluids, 2020 - Elsevier
Aluminium is becoming more frequently used across industries due to its beneficial
properties, generally within an alloyed form. This paper outlines the entire production …

Columnar to equiaxed grain transition in as solidified alloys

JA Spittle - International Materials Reviews, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
The generally reported observations pertinent to any proposed interpretation of the
columnar to equiaxed transition (CET) in as solidified alloys are initially considered. The …

A selective laser melting and solution heat treatment refined Al–12Si alloy with a controllable ultrafine eutectic microstructure and 25% tensile ductility

XP Li, XJ Wang, M Saunders, A Suvorova, LC Zhang… - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
This study shows that a eutectic Al–12Si alloy with controllable ultrafine microstructure and
excellent mechanical properties can be achieved by using selective laser melting and …

The relevance of melt convection to grain refinement in Al–Si alloys solidified under the impact of electric currents

D Räbiger, Y Zhang, V Galindo, S Franke, B Willers… - Acta Materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper considers the directional solidification of Al–7 wt.% Si alloys under the influence
of strong electric currents for the configuration of two parallel electrodes immersed from the …

The columnar-to-equiaxed transition in Pb–Sn alloys affected by electromagnetically driven convection

B Willers, S Eckert, U Michel, I Haase… - Materials Science and …, 2005 - Elsevier
An experimental study with respect to the influence of a rotating magnetic field (RMF) on the
unidirectional solidification of Pb–Sn alloys is reported. The magnitude of the bulk flow in the …

Efficient melt stirring using pulse sequences of a rotating magnetic field: Part II. Application to solidification of Al-Si alloys

B Willers, S Eckert, PA Nikrityuk, D Räbiger… - … Materials Transactions B, 2008 - Springer
The present study considers the solidification of an Al-7 wt pct Si alloy under the influence of
electromagnetic melt stirring using a rotating magnetic field (RMF). The effect of a …

Effect of rotary electromagnetic stirring during solidification of In-situ Al-TiB2 composites

S Agrawal, AK Ghose, I Chakrabarty - Materials & Design, 2017 - Elsevier
Al-TiB 2 in-situ metal-matrix composite has been synthesized by reaction with commercially
pure molten aluminum and potassium hexafluoro titanate (K 2 TiF 6) and potassium …

Separation mechanism of the primary Si phase from the hypereutectic Al–Si alloy using a rotating magnetic field during solidification

JC Jie, QC Zou, JL Sun, YP Lu, TM Wang, TJ Li - Acta materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Understanding solidification behavior under an intense flow field is important in controlling
the microstructure and macrostructure of alloys in industry. In the present study, we show …

Superheat-dependent microstructure of molten Al–Si alloys of different compositions studied by small angle neutron scattering

M Calvo-Dahlborg, PS Popel, MJ Kramer… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The microstructure of Al–Si alloys of hyper-(Al80Si20) hypo-(Al93Si7) and eutectic (Al87.
8Si12. 2) compositions have been investigated by Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) …

Grain size control in Al–Si alloys by grain refinement and electromagnetic stirring

V Metan, K Eigenfeld, D Räbiger, M Leonhardt… - Journal of alloys and …, 2009 - Elsevier
The present study concerns the directional solidification of grain-refined and non-refined Al–
7wt.% Si alloys under the influence of a travelling magnetic field (TMF). Upwards and …