National Cheng-Kung University

Yen-Hao Su

Jian Zhang

Weng-Sing Hwang

Chi-Yuan Tsao

Hsin-Ying Tseng

Muh-Jung Lu

Cheng-Qian Zhang

Chun-Hsien Chiang

An apparatus of adding high vapor pressure magnesium to a steel liquid, includes a magnesium additive device and a tube furnace. The magnesium additive device includes a storage barrel, a conveying pipe, a control valve, and an insertion tube. A method of adding high vapor pressure magnesium to a steel liquid, includes placing the magnesium additive device in the tube furnace, and delivering pure magnesium particles into the storage barrel. When the temperature at the mediate lower position of the conveying pipe is increased to reach a preset value, the control valve is opened to pour the pure magnesium particles into the conveying pipe to form a magnesium vapor, and an argon regulating valve is opened to introduce the argon into the conveying pipe so as to add the magnesium vapor to a steel liquid by carrying of the argon.

Method of adding high vapor pressure magnesium to steel liquid and apparatus for performing the method

Disclosed herein is an aluminum alloy composition consisting essentially of, on the basis of total weight of the composition, 13 to 28 wt % of silicon, 1.5 to 5 wt % of a metal element selected from iron and manganese, 3 to 10 wt % of zinc, 0.5 to 1 wt % of magnesium, and aluminum as balance. Also disclosed herein is an aluminum alloy product made from said aluminum alloy composition and exhibiting improved mechanical properties at high temperatures, including excellent wear resistance, hardness and thermal stability.

Aluminum alloy with improved mechanical properties at high temperatures

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Yen-Hao Su