Formation of Intermetallic Phases in Solidifying Al-Fe-Si Melts
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 May 2020) | Viewed by 3665
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Metals will be dedicated to the presentation of the current state of knowledge regarding the formation of the intermetallic phases on the solidification path of aluminum alloys containing Fe, Mn, and Si.
Particular attention will be paid to kinetics and the mechanism of the polyphase reactions in which the intermetallics containing transition metals, such as Fe and Mn, take part. These phenomena are the subject of numerous publications, due to their importance for technical alloys but also due to the specific properties of the intermetallic phases in this group. These phases form microstructure constituents that are important for technical alloys properties, and the control of processes of their formation in liquid alloys is still a problem. Moreover, some parts of the Al-Fe-Si and Al-Fe-Mn-Si equilibrium diagrams have still not been fully described. The temperature and concentration limit the equilibrium phase stability regarding confirmation or correction. Research on determining the rule for stabilizing their crystalline structure and identifying the nature of interatomic bonds and subnet structures also affects the basic problem of stabilizing the structure of metal alloys. The rapid development of research techniques means that many issues related to this subject are presented in a new light and new questions arise. Therefore, the authors of works presenting new research results related to a wide range of the above-mentioned problems as well as reviews are invited to publish them in this special edition of Metals.
Prof. Małgorzata Warmuzek
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aluminum alloys
- intermetallic phases
- transition metals
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