https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2001130
Thermal expansion study of a “Direct Chill Casting” AlMgSi alloy
Unité de Recherche Physique des Matériaux et Applications,
Université Mentouri, Route Aïn El Bey, Constantine, 25000, Algeria
Corresponding author: boubertakh@caramail.com
Received:
31
March
2000
Revised:
30
November
2000
Accepted:
8
January
2001
Published online: 15 March 2001
This work is concerned with the study of thermal expansion coefficient of Al-0.59 wt.%
Mg-0.88 wt.% Si-0.30 wt.% Fe-0.44 wt.% Mn alloy. The presence of the anisotropy was concluded
on the basis of the thermal expansion coefficient 
which depends up on the two
directions: radial (1) and axial (2). However measured along the axial direction (2)
appeared to be inferior to the measured one along the radial direction (1) in both as-cast and
homogenised alloy.
PACS: 65.70.+y – Thermal expansion and density changes; thermomechanical effects
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