Influence of Silicon Phase Particles on the Thermal Conductivity of Al-Si Alloys

Author(s):  
Wenping Weng ◽  
Hiromi Nagaumi ◽  
Xiaodong Sheng ◽  
Weizhong Fan ◽  
Xiaocun Chen ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
Yu Guo ◽  
Ye Wang ◽  
Bo Jiang ◽  
Hongtao Chen ◽  
Hongyu Xu ◽  
...  

To further improve the properties of the Al–11.5Si–0.4Fe–0.35Mg, the effects of different reductions of hot-rolling (HR) Al–Si–Fe–Mg alloy on microstructure, thermal conductivity (TC), and mechanical properties were investigated in this paper. The results show that the eutectic silicon phases are broken and moved during the HR process. The average size of eutectic silicon phase decreases. Meanwhile, the aspect ratio of eutectic silicon phase closer to 1 and the distribution of that are more uniform with the increase of HR reduction. In addition, the ternary Al–Fe–Si phases are also broken after HR. It indicates that the action of shear force induced by the HR process is beneficial to promote refinement and spheroidization of the eutectic silicon phase, hence further improves the properties of the alloy. Apparently, the fine and dispersed distribution of spherical silicon particles can minimize the splitting of the [Formula: see text]-Al matrix, decrease the scattering effect on free electrons, and increase the number of free-electron transport channel. Therefore, the overall performance of HR Al–Si–Fe–Mg alloy with a reduction of 71.25% is the best with the TC of 170.24 W/m[Formula: see text]K, the tensile strength of 241.98 MPa and elongation of 8.73%, respectively.


1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1785-1789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leszek Hozer ◽  
Yet-Ming Chiang ◽  
Svetlana Ivanova ◽  
Isa Bar-On

In this paper we demonstrate a novel liquid-exchange process to replace a secondary silicon phase in reaction-bonded siliconized silicon carbides (RBSC's) with a ductile metal reinforcement phase. When RBSC is exchanged with pure Al or Al–Si liquid, secondary phase silicon is dissolved and is substituted by Al or Al–Si alloy. The resulting composites show improvements in fracture toughness (single-edge precracked beam technique), with KIC value up to 8.6 Mpa · m1/2, compared to 3–4 MPa · m1/2 in otherwise similar siliconized silicon carbide. Increased fracture strength (four point flexure) was also observed after the liquid exchange process. The processing furthermore allows the coefficient of thermal expansion to be adjusted, and the thermal conductivity increased, for electronic packaging applications.


1981 ◽  
Vol 42 (C4) ◽  
pp. C4-931-C4-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. Kotkata ◽  
M.B. El-den

1981 ◽  
Vol 42 (C6) ◽  
pp. C6-893-C6-895
Author(s):  
M. Locatelli ◽  
R. Suchail ◽  
E. Zecchi
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1981 ◽  
Vol 42 (C6) ◽  
pp. C6-247-C6-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Bauernfeind ◽  
J. Keller ◽  
U. Schröder

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