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9- A. Maleki, B. Niroumand and A. Shafyei "Effects of squeeze casting parameters on
density, macrostructure and hardness of LM13 alloy" Journal of Materials Science and
Engineering A, 2006, 428, 135-140.
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Effects of squeeze casting variables on the microstructure of an aluminum

part
M. Hamani 1, hamani@qaemcopper. com
B. Niroumand 2, behzn@cc.iut.ac.ir

Abstract
In this work effects of pouring temperature, die temperature and pressure application on
the cast microstructure of a piston like part made of LM13 alloy were investigated. The
results showed that the average dendrite arm spacing of a phase and the aspect ratio of
eutectic silicon particles of squeeze cast samples were about 30% and 43% smaller than
those of gravity cast samples, respectively. The average dendrite arm spacing of squeeze
cast samples was increased from 14 m to 22 m with increasing the pouring temperature
from 630 C to 830 C. The average aspect ratio of eutectic silicon particles of squeeze cast
samples was increased from 1.30 to 1.85 with increasing the pouring temperature from
630 C to 830 C. Furthermore, the average dendrite arm spacing and aspect ratio of
eutectic silicon particles were increased by increasing the die temperature from 150 C to
300 C and the increase was sharper for gravity cast samples.
Keywords: Squeeze casting, LM13 alloy, pouring temperature, die temperature, microstructure, eutectic silicon
modification.

1
-Senior engineer of Gaem Copper Industries
2
-Assistant professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology