Effect of the Hold Time and Temperature on Characteristic Quantities of TDA Curves

This paper presents the effect of the temperature and hold time in the holding furnace of 226 silumin on the characteristic quantities of TDA curves. The temperature of phase transformations and the cooling rate were tested. It has been shown that increasing both the hold time and the temperature in the holding furnace cause the decreasethe end ofα+Al9Fe3Si2+β and α+Al2Cu+β ternary eutectics crystallization temperature in the tested silumin. This is due to the fact an increase in amounts of impurities as a result of reacting the liquid alloy with the gases contained in the air. It has been shown, however, that examined technological factors of the metal preparation do not cause systematic changes in the cooling rate.