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Composition of ADC12 Aluminum Diecastings




I need information about aluminum die casting specifically for ADC12 (equivalent to ASTM SC102A or SAE303). If possibble, the microstructure, alloy composition etc.

ASRI A.M.

Asri Amat Mokito
- Malaysia
1999



2005

ADC12

Component
Cu
Si
Mg
Zn

Wt. %
1.5¡ã3.5
9.6¡ã12.0
0.3¥H¤U
1.0¥H¤U

Component
Fe
Mn
Ni
Sn

Wt. %
1.3¥H¤U
0.5¥H¤U
0.5¥H¤U
0.3¥H¤U


Al : Remainder
Physical Properties
Metric

Density
2.7 g/cc

CTE, linear 20¢XC
21 £gm/m-¢XC

Heat Capacity
0.963 J/g-¢XC

Thermal Conductivity
92 W/m-K

Melting Point
515 - 580 ¢XC

Solidus
515 ¢XC

Liquidus
580 ¢XC


I hope this will be great useful to you

from
gv

Venkatesan.G
- Chennai, Tamilnadu, India




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