@ARTICLE{Širanec_L._Mold_2022,
 author={Širanec, L. and Bolibruchová, D. and Chalupová, M.},
 volume={vol. 22},
 number={No 2},
 pages={57-62},
 journal={Archives of Foundry Engineering},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2022},
 publisher={The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences},
 abstract={The European Commission's ambitious plan to reduce CO2 emissions has a significant impact on the global automotive industry. Recent development of new diesel and petrol engines with direct injection is aimed at improving fuel efficiency while maintaining (or enhancing) engine performance. This naturally also increases the demands on the properties of the most stressed engine components (e.g., cylinder heads, engine blocks, pistons), which leads to the development of new materials. Presented work analysed the effect of different mold temperatures (60; 120; 180 °C) on mechanical, physical properties and microstructure of AlSi5Cu2Mg aluminium alloy. This alloy is currently being used for the production of cylinder head castings. The results showed that the changing mold temperature had an effect on mechanical properties (ultimate tensile strength and Young modulus values). SEM with EDX analysis of intermetallic phases revealed there were no size and morphology changes of Cu, Mg and Fe intermetallic phases when the mold temperature changed. No significant effect of different mold temperature on physical properties (thermal and electrical conductivity) and fracture mechanism occurred during experiment. Optimal combination of mechanical and physical properties of AlSi5Cu2Mg alloy was achieved using a permanent mold with temperature ranging from 120 to 180 °C.},
 type={Article},
 title={Mold Temperature and Its Effect on Selected Properties of Cast AlSi5Cu2Mg Alloy},
 URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/123180/PDF-MASTER/AFE%202_2022_06%20Issue%202_2022.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/afe.2022.140225},
 keywords={Mold, temperature, AlSi5Cu2Mg, Cylinder head},
}