Influence of temperature and alloying elements on fluidity of Al-Si alloys

The goal of the work is to study the influence of casting temperature and four alloying elements: Mg, Ti, Fe and Sr, on fluidity of Al-7wt.% Si alloys. The fluidity of the alloys was measured using a fluidity mold produced by N-Tec Ltd., U.K. The experiments were designed using three orthogonal Lg Taguchi matrices. Each of the four alloying elements and the casting temperature was an independent variable with two levels. Three interactions …