New journal from AFS (IJMC) features Modification of Al-Si Alloys

The 2009 Winter issue of the IJMC has been released. This issue marks the beginning of its second full year of publication, and includes a detailed technical discussion on the modification of aluminium silicon alloys through strontium additions. A previously published journal article—printed in the Spring IJMC Spring 2008 (Vol. 2 Issue 2)—and a subsequent letter to the editor resulted in a comprehensive technical discussion on mechanisms for nucleation of eutectic silicon and other intermetallic particles in aluminum-silicon alloys, including counter hypotheses and alternative theories to those proposed in the original article. The issue also includes two other papers on metallurgy of aluminium casting alloys, A Comparative Study of Porosity and Pore Morphology in a Directionally Solidified A356 Alloy and Characterization of the Flow Behavior of Near Eutectic Composition Aluminum-Silicon Alloys.

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