Casting Aluminum Alloys : Their Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy / Michael V. Glazoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glazoff, Michael V, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aluminum founding.

Aluminum alloys--Metallurgy.

Aluminum alloys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 548 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second Edition.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, California : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2018.

Summary:

Casting Aluminum Alloys, Second Edition, the follow up to the fall 2007 work on the structure, properties, thermal resistance, corrosion and fatigue of aluminum alloys in industrial manufacturing, discusses findings from the past decade, including sections on new casting alloys, novel casting technologies, and new methods of alloys design. The book also includes other hot topics, such as the implementation of computational technologies for the calculation of phase equilibria and thermodynamic properties of alloys, the development of software for calculation of diffusion processes in aluminum alloys, computational modeling of solidification microstructure and texture evolution of multi-component aluminum materials. In addition to changes in computational predictive abilities, there is a review of novel casting aluminum alloy compositions and properties, as well as descriptions of new casting technologies and updates to coverage on the mechanical properties of aluminum casting alloys.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

About the authors

Introduction to the second edition

Chapter 1 - Phase diagrams for binary and multicomponent aluminum systems

1.1 - Alloying elements and impurities in casting aluminum alloys

1.2 - Phase diagrams of binary and multicomponent aluminum systems

1.2.1 - Binary systems

1.2.1.1 - Al-Cu

1.2.1.2 - Al-Fe

1.2.1.3 - Al-Mg

1.2.1.4 - Al-Mn

1.2.1.5 - Al-Ni

1.2.1.6 - Al-Si

1.2.1.7 - Al-Sn

1.2.1.8 - Al-Zn

1.2.2 - Ternary systems

1.2.2.1 - Al-Fe-Mn

1.2.2.2 - Al-Fe-Si

1.2.2.3 - Al-Mn-Si

1.2.2.4 - Al-Cu-Sn

1.2.2.5 - Al-Be-Fe

1.2.2.6 - Al-Be-Si

1.2.2.7 - Al-Ce-Cu

1.2.2.8 - Al-Ce-Fe

1.2.2.9 - Al-Ce-Ni

1.2.2.10 - Al-Ce-Si

1.2.2.11 - Al-Cr-Fe

1.2.2.12 - Al-Cr-Mg

1.2.2.13 - Al-Cr-Mn

1.2.2.14 - Al-Cr-Si

1.2.2.15 - Al-Cu-Fe

1.2.2.16 - Al-Cu-Mg

1.2.2.17 - Al-Cu-Mn

1.2.2.18 - Al-Cu-Ni

1.2.2.19 - Al-Cu-Si

1.2.2.20 - Al-Cu-Zn

1.2.2.21 - Al-Fe-Mg

1.2.2.22 - Al-Fe-Ni

1.2.2.23 - Al-Mg-Mn

1.2.2.24 - Al-Mg-Si

1.2.2.25 - Al-Mg-Zn

1.2.2.26 - Al-Mn-Ni

1.2.2.27 - Al-Ni-Si

1.2.3 - Quaternary systems

1.2.3.1 - Al-Fe-Mn-Si

1.2.3.2 - Al-Be-Fe-Si

1.2.3.3 - Al-Cu-Fe-Mg

1.2.3.4 - Al-Cu-Fe-Mn

1.2.3.5 - Al-Cu-Fe-Ni

1.2.3.6 - Al-Cu-Fe-Si

1.2.3.7 - Al-Cu-Mg-Mn

1.2.3.8 - Al-Cu-Mg-Si

1.2.3.9 - Al-Cu-Mg-Zn

1.2.3.10 - Al-Fe-Mg-Mn

1.2.3.11 - Al-Fe-Mg-Si

1.2.3.12 - Al-Fe-Ni-Si

1.2.3.13 - Al-Mg-Mn-Si

1.2.3.14 - Al-Mg-Ni-Si

1.2.4 - Five-Component phase diagrams

1.2.4.1 - Al-Fe-Cu-Mg-Si

1.2.4.1.1 - Case 1. Alloys with high content of silicon

1.2.4.1.2 - Case 2. Alloys with high content of copper

1.2.4.1.3 - Case 3. Alloys rich in magnesium

1.2.5 - Five-Component systems with manganese

1.2.5.1 - Al-Fe-Cu-Mg-Mn

1.2.5.2 - Al-Fe-Cu-Mn-Si.

1.2.5.3 - Al-Fe-Mg-Mn-Si

1.3 - Calculation of phase diagrams from critically assessed thermodynamic data and software for thermodynamic calculations

1.3.1 - Introduction

1.3.2 - Phase diagrams and thermodynamics

1.3.3 - Software for thermodynamic calculations

1.3.4 - First principles calculations of thermodynamic functions

References

Further reading

Chapter 2 - Structure and microstructure of aluminum alloys in as-cast state

2.1 - Phase equilibria and microstructure of foundry aluminum alloys

2.2 - Equilibrium thermodynamics and its development

2.2.1 - Classical equilibrium thermodynamics

2.2.2 - Equilibrium thermodynamics of concentrationally nonuniform systems

2.3 - Brief description of solidification microstructure evolution in casting aluminum alloys via the "phase-field" approach

2.3.1 - Phase-Field approach applied to solidification

2.3.2 - Dendritic solidification of pure metals

2.3.3 - Phase-field model for solidification of eutectic alloys

2.3.4 - Solidification microstructure calculations: perspectives and future work

2.4 - Quantitative characteristics of alloy structure and methods of its evaluation

2.5 - Nonequilibrium solidification of binary alloys

2.5.1 - Microsegregation

2.5.1.1 - Theoretical analysis of microsegregation in two-component aluminum alloys

2.5.1.2 - Experimental studies of microsegregation in binary aluminum alloys

2.5.1.3 - Concentration threshold for appearance of nonequilibrium constituent particles (phases)

2.5.2 - Influence of cooling rate upon solidification and formation of constituent particles of secondary (excessive) phases

2.5.2.1 - Constituent particles

2.5.2.2 - Suppression of peritectic reactions

2.5.2.3 - Formation of metastable phases and suppression of stable phases during solidification

High cooling rates.

Low cooling rates

2.5.2.4 - Solidification paths in systems with a miscibility gap in the liquid state

2.6 - Nonequilibrium solidification of multicomponent alloys

2.6.1 - Nonequilibrium phase diagrams of multicomponent systems

2.6.1.1 - System Al-Fe-Si

2.6.1.2 - System Al-Cu-Fe-Si

2.6.1.3 - System Al-Fe-Mg-Si

2.6.1.4 - Al-Fe-Ni-Si System

2.6.2 Microsegregation in three-component and industrial aluminum alloys

2.6.2.1 - Microsegregation of the key alloying elements

2.6.2.2 - Microsegregation of manganese in multicomponent aluminum alloys

2.7 - Microstructure of cast aluminum alloys

2.8 - Substructure of casting aluminum alloys

2.8.1 - Types of dislocation structures in as-cast aluminum alloys of different systems

2.8.2 - The influence of solidification conditions upon dislocation microstructure

2.8.2.1 - Alloys on the basis of the al-mg system

2.8.2.2 - Alloys on the basis of the al-cu system

2.8.3 - The mechanisms of formation of dislocation microstructures in cast aluminum alloys

2.8.4 - Decomposition of aluminum solid solution in the process of alloy cooling after the completion of solidification

Chapter 3 - Influence of heat treatment upon microstructure of casting aluminum alloys

3.1 - Homogenizing heat treatment

3.1.1 - Dissolution of nonequilibrium constituent particles in the course of homogenization

3.1.1.1 Experimental studies of kinetics of dissolution of nonequilibrium phase in the course of homogenizing heat treatment

3.1.1.2 - The influence of refinement of as-cast microstructure upon the time of excessive phase dissolution

3.1.2 - Elimination of microsegregation during homogenization

3.1.2.2 - Binary alloys

3.1.2.3 - Multicomponent alloys

3.1.3 - Fragmentation and spheroidization of constituent particles.

3.1.4 - Changes in grain and dislocation microstructure of aluminum solid solution in the course of homogenization

3.1.5 - Decomposition of aluminum solid solution in the process of isothermal heat treatment before quenching

3.1.6 - Development of porosity during homogenization

3.2 - Aging after casting and quenching

Further readings

Chapter 4 - Dependence of castability and mechanical properties on composition and microstructure of aluminum alloys

4.1 - Castability

4.1.1 - General characterization of castability

4.1.2 - Concentration dependence of casting properties

4.2 - Mechanical properties

4.2.1 - Geometry of tensile diagrams for as-cast and quenched aluminum alloys, and its connection to the structural transfo...

4.2.2 - Quantitative analysis of relations between tensile mechanical properties and structural characteristics of castings

4.2.2.1 - The influence of grain size

4.2.2.2 - Influence of microstructural characteristics

4.2.2.3 - The influence of substructure

4.2.3 - Calculations of mechanical properties of castings using the totality of microstructural characteristics

4.2.4 - The influence of casting microstructure upon fracture toughness and fatigue properties

4.2.5 - Some regularities in changes of mechanical properties with alloy chemical composition

Chapter 5 - industrial and perspective casting alloys

5.1 - Alloys on the basis of the al-si system

5.1.1 - General characterization of al-si alloys

5.1.2 - Cu-free alloys (356/357 and the 413 type)

5.1.3 - Cu-containing alloys (354, 355 types, etc.)

5.1.4 - Piston ni-containing alloys

5.2 - Alloys on the basis of the al-cu and al-mg systems (2XX and 5XX series)

5.2.1 - Alloys on the basis of the al-cu system

5.2.2 - Alloys on the basis of the al-mg system.

5.3 Alloys invented with the participation of authors

5.3.1 General principles of alloying for eutectic multicomponent alloys

5.3.2 High-strength alloys (on the basis of the al-zn-mg matrix)

5.3.3 High-temperature alloys (with zr and sc additions)

Further Readings

Appendix One - Compositions of standard casting aluminum alloys

Appendix Two - Principal characteristics of binary phase diagrams closer to aluminum side

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-12-811805-9