The comparison of the porosity formation in different casted secondary aluminium alloy

The porosity formation in secondary aluminium cast alloys are one of the main aspect which can affect the final properties of casts. Whereas these materials are especially used for production the automotive casts such as engine blocks, cylinder head, chassis components and so on, it is need the production of the casts without deleterious defects. The contributions deals with comparison of the porosity formation in secondary AlSi9Cu3 cast alloy when different moulds (the metallic mould and sand mould) for casting were used. The material was gravity casted in the both mould. The differences in microstructure and porosity formation were studied by using light metallography microscopy and image analyser software. The evolution shows that the experimental material casted into the metallic mould had about 98.78% smaller porosity size in comparison to the material casted into the sand mould, therefore it showed better properties.