Tomas Vlach

Mr. Tomas Vlach

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Ústí nad Labem, Ústecký Kraj, Czech Republic
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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

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30 October 2022 in Materials
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Anna KnaislováAnna Knaislová
Anna Knaislová
Štefan MichnaŠtefan Michna
Štefan Michna
Iryna HrenIryna Hren
Iryna Hren
Tomas VlachTomas Vlach
Tomas Vlach
Alena MichalcováAlena Michalcová
Alena Michalcová
DSDana Stančeková
Dana Stančeková
Commercially supplied inoculation wires have a guaranteed chemical composition but not the size and distribution of individual phases, which are very important for nucleation. Therefore, two commercial alloys used for the inoculation of Al-Si alloys (AlTi3B1 and AlTi5B1) are investigated in this paper. The emphasis is placed on their structural analysis and the size and distribution of individual intermetallic phases. Furthermore, the grain refinement effect will be tested by adding these alloys to the AlSi7Mg0.3 alloy and testing the optimal amount of added inoculation wires. The results showed that the size and distribution of the individual phases in AlTi3B1 and AlTi5B1 meet the requirements for the successful inoculation of aluminum alloys, the intermetallic phases based on the TiAl3 phase are fine enough, and there is no agglomeration that would reduce the number of nuclei. This assumption was confirmed by adding these inoculants to the AlSi7Mg0.3 alloy, and it was found that the most ideal amount of inoculants added is 0.01 wt % when the structure was refined by approximately 32%.