Given by their low weight and favorable combination of properties, Al-Fe-Si-based intermetallic and duplex alloys are widely used in mechanical engineering. The use of aluminum scrap for their production imparts the necessity for a thorough study of the impacts of presence of impurity/alloying elements on the phase composition. By this reason, individual impacts of the impurity/alloying elements present in the majority of commercial alloys on phase compositions of the alloys were studied herein. Particular emphasis was on the formation of the α phase and features of the α↔β transformation, as well as on their effects on the solidus, liquidus, and phase transformation temperatures. Modeling was used to study the synergistic effect of the simultaneous introduction of 12 elements into aluminum. According to the results, magnesium, copper, and nickel have a tendency to form combined intermetallic phases, and beryllium, as a structurally free element, forms precipitates even at minimum concentrations. Verification of the modelled results was performed using a real alloy prepared experimentally from commercially available raw materials. The comparison of the results provided by computer modeling and the actual phase composition showed sufficient agreement. The herein acquired results contribute to a deeper understanding of the features of phase transitions occurring during alloying of aluminum alloys and will also be useful for predicting microstructures and phase compositions of intermetallic alloys. This research has potential to inspire further development in materials science and engineering.

Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University Karaganda 100027 Kazakhstan

Department of Metallurgical Technologies Faculty of Materials Science and Technology VŠB Technical University of Ostrava 17 listopadu 2172 15 708 00 Ostrava Czech Republic

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Institute of Manufacturing Technology Brno University of Technology Technická 2896 616 00 Brno Czech Republic

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