ALUMINIM-SILICON CASTING ALLOYS - 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.