Author:Chauke, Levy; Curle, Ulyate A; Govender, Gonasagren SDate:Oct 2017Traditionally aluminium casting alloy 513 is not heat treated after permanent mould casting. Al-Mg alloys are generally not heat treatable but the higher Zn content in this alloy could render it heat treatable. It could be expected that in ...Read more
Author:Daswa, Pfarelo; Moller, H; Govender, GonasagrenDate:Mar 2019Al-Si-Mg casting alloys, such as Al-7Si-0.3Mg alloy A356, are heat treatable and can be precipitation hardened to the T6 temper condition. However, Al-Mg-Si casting alloys (5xx series) are generally not considered to be heat treatable. These ...Read more