Al and Al alloy

4XXX series, the major alloying element in 4XXX series alloys is silicon, which can be added in sufficient quantities (up to 12%) to cause substantial lowering of the melting range without producing brittleness !or this reason, "luminum silicon alloy are used in welding wire and as bra#ing alloys for joining aluminum, where a lower melting range than that of the base metal is required $ost alloys in this series are not%heattreatable, but when used in welding heat%treatable alloys, they will pic& up some of the alloying constituents of the latter and so respond to heat treatment to a limited e'tent (he alloys containing appreciable amounts of silicon become dar& gray to chercoal when anodic o'ide finishes are applied and hence are in demand for architectural applications, "lloy 4)*2 has low resitance, and tus it is well suited to production of forged engine pistons

"luminum%+opper%silicon alloys are the most widely used aluminum casting alloys , the copper contributes to strength, and the silicon impro,es castability and reduce hot shortness- thus, the higher silicon alloys normally are used for more comple' casting and for permanent%mold and die casting processes "luminum%silicon alloys, the intermediate compositions are mi'tures of aluminum containing about 1% .i solid solution as the continuous phase, with particles of essentially pure silicon "lloys with less than 12% .i are referred to as hypoeutectic, those with close to 12% .i as eutectic, and those with o,er 12% .i as hypereutectic

"lumunium +oating (wo types of aluminum coatings are commercially significant, (ype 2 uses commercially pure aluminum for the coating, and type 1 uses an aluminum alloy containing / to 11% .i (he microstructures of the type 2 coating shows a layer of aluminum, often with scattered iro%aluminum intermetallic particles, bonded to the steel substrate by an iron%aluminum intermetalic layer (fig1) (his intermetallic layers forms a distincti,e serrated boundary with the stell and is generally identified as !e2"l/, althought some in,estigations ha,e found additional iron%aluminum compounds (ref1)

0hen silicon is added to form a type 1 coating, a different microstucture results (he intermetallic layer becomes norrower and smoother (fig2), resulting in increased coating ductility relati,e to the type 2 coating 0ith increasing silicon additions, the coating bath tempature can also be lowered, and the growth of intermetallic layer is furher inhibited

Applications "luminum%coated steel products are used successfully in corrosi,e and o'idi#ing en,ironment in which the temperature ranges from that of outdoor e'posure to 11/) +elcius (21)) !) "luminum coatings protect steel from attac& by forming a ,ery resistant barrier between the corosi,e atmosphere and the steel

Elevated-Temperature exposure, successful application of aluminum%coated steel for resistance to o'idation and corrosion at ele,ated temperaturs depends on the physical and mechanical properties of the alloy chemical bond between the aluminum and the steel 1ow%carbon steels alloyed with titanium or niobium offer impro,ed high%temperature creep resistance when used as substrates for aluminum coatings "luminum coatings that contain from / to 11% .i (".($ " 42*) minimi#e the thic&ness of the iron%aluminum alloy bond and impro,e formability 3ndiffused, such coatings retain e'cellent heat reflecti,ity at temperatures to 44) celcius (5)) fareheeit)

Continous of Hot-Dip coating of Mill Products Procedures and control, the process consists essentially of three operations surface preparation, heat treatment of steel base, and aluminum coating .urface preparation is two phase operation !irst, all soil is remo,ed from the surface by o'idi#ing at ele,ated temperature or by chemical cleaning (hen the surface o'ides are reduced in a suitable atmosphere to prepare the strip for coating

6ecause the reaction between aluminum and steel is e'termely