US 10,590,518 B2 · High strength cast aluminium alloy for high pressure die casting

Abstract

A high strength cast aluminium alloy for high pressure die casting comprising magnesium silicide 6 to 12 wt. %, magnesium 4 to 10 wt. %, X element from copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), silver (Ag), gold (Au) and Lithium (Li) at 3 to 10 wt. %, manganese 0.1 to 1.2 wt. %, iron max. 1.5 wt. %, titanium or the other grain refining elements from Cr, Nb, and Sc with 0.02 to 0.4 wt. %, and impurity and minor alloying elements at a level of maximum 0.3 wt. % and totally <0.5% of at least one element selected from scandium (Sc), zirconium (Zr), Nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), niobium (Nb), gadolinium (Gd), calcium (Ca), yttrium (Y), antinomy (Sb), bismuth (Bi), neodymium (Nd), ytterbium (Yb), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), beryllium (Be) and boron (B) and the remainder aluminium.

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Dependent claims

An aluminium alloy comprising:

magnesium silicide from 5 to 14 wt %,
excess magnesium from 4 to 12 wt %,
from 2 to 12 wt % element X, wherein element X is selected from the group consisting of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), silver (Ag), gold (Au), lithium (Li), and combinations thereof,
manganese from 0.1 to 1.2 wt %,
titanium from 0.02 to 0.4 wt %,
not more than 1.5 wt % iron, and
impurity elements at a level of maximum 0.3 wt % for any one element and in total not more than 0.3 wt %,
and the remainder of the alloy is aluminium.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

High strength cast aluminium alloy for high pressure die casting

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High strength cast aluminium alloy for high pressure die casting

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