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Impact of Strontium on the Hardness and Impact Test of Eutectic Al-Si+1.0% Manganese Alloy

Received: 1 April 2021    Accepted: 20 May 2021    Published: 23 September 2021
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Abstract

This experimental research portrays the impact of strontium seen on hardness and impact strength of Al-1.0%mn-12%Si alloy. Strontium was added with respect to the amount of silicon present in the alloys (12% of Si; 0.02-0.03% of Sr) and 1.0% manganese which serves as a modifying agent). Higher amount of aluminum and silicon were dissolved and cast as cylindrical ingots. Impact and Hardness test were tested using charpy impact testing machine and Rockwell hardness testing machine (ASTM E18-11) respectively. The addition of Sr appears to decline as soon as the addition exceeds the 0.026% level which shows negative effect to the mechanical properties because of the presence of some compounds like Al4SrSi2 and releases of brittle Al3SrSi3 phase are bound to set and coarsening of the eutectic silicon can occur which will reduce the properties of the alloy causing them to revert to values more typical of unmodified material. The results showed that when strontium was used as a modifier to modify eutectic Al-Si alloy modifies the Al-Si, that the morphology of the alloy changed that lead to positive enhancement/increment in mechanical properties of the alloy.

Published in International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications (Volume 9, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijmea.20210904.12
Page(s) 72-74
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Keywords

Strontium, Aluminum Alloy, Eutectic Alloy, Impact Strength, Hardness

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  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria

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