Abstract: Background: The world's most common and extensively used metal is undisputably Aluminium. Aluminium has applications in almost all the sectors of engineering ranging from automobiles to electronics. Since pure aluminium is ductile and malleable, it becomes necessary to alloy it to enhance the mechanical properties. It is already established that Al alloyed with Si enhances these properties. Al-Si alloys are classified into hypoeutectic LM-25 (7wt% Si), eutectic LM-6 (12wt%Si) and hypereutectic LM-30 (17wt% Si). These three alloy compositions have their own specific properties which can be further improved with the addition of grain refiners and modifiers
Key Word: Al-Si alloys,Torque, Thrust, Grain Refiner, Modifier, ANOVA.
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