Determination of Acceptable Quality Limit for Casting of A356 Aluminium Alloy: Supplier’s Quality Index (SQI)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Source | Si | Mg | Cu | Fe | Mn | Ti | Al |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | 7.13 | 0.389 | 0.023 | 0.135 | 0.002 | 0.114 | Remainder |
B | 6.93 | 0.284 | 0.026 | 0.089 | 0.002 | 0.193 | Remainder |
C | 6.77 | 0.298 | 0.016 | 0.083 | 0.002 | 0.177 | Remainder |
D | 7.20 | 0.370 | 0.033 | 0.169 | 0.003 | 0.103 | Remainder |
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Erzi, E.; Gürsoy, Ö.; Yüksel, Ç.; Colak, M.; Dispinar, D. Determination of Acceptable Quality Limit for Casting of A356 Aluminium Alloy: Supplier’s Quality Index (SQI). Metals 2019, 9, 957. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9090957
Erzi E, Gürsoy Ö, Yüksel Ç, Colak M, Dispinar D. Determination of Acceptable Quality Limit for Casting of A356 Aluminium Alloy: Supplier’s Quality Index (SQI). Metals. 2019; 9(9):957. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9090957
Chicago/Turabian StyleErzi, Eray, Özen Gürsoy, Çağlar Yüksel, Murat Colak, and Derya Dispinar. 2019. "Determination of Acceptable Quality Limit for Casting of A356 Aluminium Alloy: Supplier’s Quality Index (SQI)" Metals 9, no. 9: 957. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9090957