Thermography of the phase transformations in a hypoeutectic Al-7% Si-0.5% Mg silumin at high pressures and temperatures

The phase equilibria in a hypoeutectic AK7 aluminum alloy (Al-7% Si-0.5% Mg silumin) are studied by differential barothermal analysis in the pressure range 5–131 MPa at temperatures up to 960 K. The baric dependences of the liquidus temperature during heating and the solidus and liquidus temperatures during cooling are found to have a minimum at 5 MPa. The solidus temperature during heating increases sharply as the pressure increases from 5 to 53 MPa and remains almost unchanged at a pressure p ≥ 53 MPa. The baric coefficients of the solidus and liquidus temperatures in the pressure range 5 ≤ p ≤ 53 MPa achieve ~0.6 K/MPa, which is much higher than the baric coefficient of the melting temperature of pure aluminum. A pT phase diagram is proposed for the AK7 alloy.