TY - JOUR N2 - Manganese is an effective element used for the modification of needle intermetallic phases in Al-Si alloy. These particles seriously degrade mechanical characteristics of the alloy and promote the formation of porosity. By adding manganese the particles are being excluded in more compact shape of “Chinese script” or skeletal form, which are less initiative to cracks as Al5FeSi phase. In the present article, AlSi7Mg0.3 aluminium foundry alloy with several manganese content were studied. The alloy was controlled pollution for achieve higher iron content (about 0.7 wt. % Fe). The manganese were added in amount of 0.2 wt. %, 0.6 wt. %, 1.0 wt. % and 1.4 wt. %. The influence of the alloying element on the process of crystallization of intermetallic phases were compared to microstructural observations. The results indicate that increasing manganese content (> 0.2 wt. % Mn) lead to increase the temperature of solidification iron rich phase (TAl5FeSi) and reduction this particles. The temperature of nucleation Al-Si eutectic increase with higher manganese content also. At adding 1.4 wt. % Mn grain refinement and skeleton particles were observed. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/102075/PDF/afe-2017-0118.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/102075 PY - 2017 IS - No 3 DO - 10.1515/afe-2017-0118 KW - AlSi7Mg0.3 KW - Needle Al5FeSi phase KW - Manganese A1 - Bolibruchová, D. A1 - Podprocká, R. PB - The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 17 DA - 2017 T1 - Iron Intermetallic Phases in the Alloy Based on Al-Si-Mg by Applying Manganese UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/102075 T2 - Archives of Foundry Engineering ER -