Aluminum-Silicon Casting Alloys: An Atlas of Microfractographs

Warmuzek (Foundry Research Institute, Poland) compiles b&w fracture images seen under a microscope during laboratory testing of mechanical properties, plus relevant descriptions of images, in this atlas documenting aluminum-silicon alloys. A set of images covers hypoeutectic, eutectic, and hypereutectic cast aluminum-silicon alloys. Surface fractures visible under high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (SEM) are shown together with subsurface effects on metallographic specimens normal to the fracture plane, observed with light microscopy. The book also deals with the physical, crystallographic, and microstructural aspects of the formation of aluminum-silicon cast alloys as they relate to mechanical properties. The criteria of fracture classification are established along with a set of the most important data on the morphology of the basic types of fractures that occur in metals used in structures. The book was first published in Polish in 2000. Annotation © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR