The Influences of Micro-Alloying Element Sn and Magnetic Field on the Microstructure Evolution of Al–Bi Immiscible Alloys

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

 

Solidification of alloys containing immiscible metallic elements Al and Bi was studied. A positive influence of Si micro-alloying and the influence of magnetic field was proved. The role of input parameters and composition is discussed in terms of interfacial tension and thermodynamic data. The information about the behavior of the alloy is rather new and could have an impact on the development of new materials for sliding bearings or materials for CNC machining.

 

p11 broken slope of the red line in Fig. 11, Al-3.4%Bi (without MF) is rather statistically weakly supported and not discussed in the text. This should be more elaborated.

 

Formal errors:

Abstract

A static magnetic with … → A static magnetic field with

Use proper symbol for micrometers in figure captions, figures, use the same font size

p1: . In recent years, Immiscible alloys → In recent years, immiscible alloys

p2: Figure 1. Schematic show of ...- → Figure 1. Schematic image of

the formation a single-phase liquid → the formation of a single-phase liquid

p4: … Samples Solidified under the Effect of Magnetic... → Samples Solidified Under the Effect of Magnetic

 

Figure 4 is mentioned in the text after Fig. 5 and 6.

p8: thermodynamical data in Reference [25]. → Use Kaban et al. [25]

 

 

everywhere in the text: use either 0.01wt.% or 0.01wt%. Preferable 0.01wt.%, etc.

 

Comments on the Quality of English Language

Minor formal errors - see Comments

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

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Comments on the Quality of English Language

Minor editing of English language required

Author Response

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Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Second review

The reviewer greatly appreciates the authors’ answers. Most of issues that were mentioned in the first review have been taken into consideration by the authors and they successfully convince me that their paper deserves to be published.

Moreover, the authors have corrected some typos and sentences in the manuscript, which has been significantly improved and now warrants publication in Metals.

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