A method of eliminating microstructure inheritance of hypereutectic aluminum-silicon alloys. The method includes heating a first amount of the Al—Si alloy to a predetermined temperature above a liquidus temperature of the Al—Si alloy to form a first amount melt; holding the first amount melt at the predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time; stirring the first amount melt during the predetermined amount of time; heating a second amount of the Al—Si alloy above the liquidus temperature of the Al—Si alloy to form a second amount melt; and mixing the first amount melt and the second amount melt to form a processed Al—Si casting alloy. The predetermined temperature is between about 750° C. to 850° C. The predetermined amount of time is between 0.1 hour to 0.5 hour. The processed Al—Si casting alloy contains about 30 wt % to about 40 wt % of the first amount of the Al—Si alloy.

A composite structure with an aluminum-based alloy layer containing boron carbide and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The composite structure includes a substrate with an open hole in that surface and the aluminum-based alloy layer containing boron carbide. The aluminum-based alloy layer is disposed in the open hole and contains aluminum, boron, carbon, and oxygen, wherein the content of aluminum is between 4 at. % and 55 at. %, the content of boron is between 9 at. % and 32 at. %, the content of carbon is between 13 at. % and 32 at. %, the content of oxygen is between 2 at. % and 38 at. %, and the ratio of the content of boron to carbon is between 0.3 and 2.7.

An aluminum-lithium alloy with low density, high strength, and high elastic modulus and its production method are provided. A chemical composition of the aluminum-lithium alloy with low density, high strength, and high elastic modulus by weight is: Cu 1.5-4.5 wt %, Li 2.4-3.8 wt %, Mg 0.5-2.0 wt %, Zn 0.5-1.0 wt %, Ag 0.3-0.8 wt %, Er 0.05-0.3 wt %, Zr 0.05-0.25 wt %, Fe≤0.08 wt %, Si≤0.05 wt %, and the balance is Al and inevitable impurities. The production method includes: preparing raw materials, drying, adjusting pressure of an electromagnetic-induction furnace, melting in a vacuum induction furnace, power adjustment, casting, heat treatment, cooling. Degassing and slag removals are avoided, and defects of aluminum-lithium alloy during production are reduced.

The present invention relates to techniques for producing 2024 and 7075 aluminum alloys by recycling waste aircraft aluminum alloys, which belong to technical fields for circular economy. The present invention develops techniques for obtaining the 2024 and 7075 aluminum alloys by subjecting waste aircraft aluminum alloys as raw materials to pretreatment, smelting, impurity removal, melt ingredient assay, ingredient adjustment, refining, and casting. Through utilizing the waste package aluminum alloys and the waste aluminum pop-top cans to adjust the ingredients, the waste aircraft aluminum alloys would be recycled at a lower cost without downgrading. The present invention has some advantages, such as low cost, and applicability for industrial production, as well as prominent economic benefit.

A preparation method of a high-strength and high-toughness A356.2 metal matrix composites for a hub is provided, including the following preparation process steps: preparation of a (graphene+HfB.sub.2)-aluminum master alloy wire; A356.2 alloy melting, master alloy addition, refining, and pressure casting; solution and aging treatment; shot blasting, finishing, alkaline/acid cleaning, anodic oxidation, and finished product packaging. In this way, two systems of two-dimensional nano-structure graphene nucleation and in-situ self-nucleation are introduced to complement each other, a second phase of silicon in A356.2 is refined by multi-dimensional scaling, and multi-dimensional nano-phases strengthen the aluminum-based composite material simultaneously. The preparation method solves the problems of limiting the strength, hardness, plasticity and toughness during the application of common A356.2 alloys for a hub, and a graphene/HfB.sub.2/aluminum composite material produced by a low-pressure casting process has an excellent comprehensive performance, so as to achieve a further weight reduction requirement for light weight.

A method for producing an aluminum-copper alloy from a lithium ion secondary battery includes supplying an aluminum source and a copper source derived from an aluminum-based positive electrode collector and a copper-based negative electrode collector, respectively, into a furnace, and melting the aluminum source and the copper source in a way that produces an alloy substantially free of a lithium component.

An object of the present invention is to provide an aluminum alloy foil for an electrode current collector, the foil having a high strength and high strength after a drying process. The aluminum alloy foil can be manufactured at low cost. Disclosed is an aluminum alloy foil for electrode current collector, including 0.03 to 1.0% of Fe, 0.01 to 0.2% of Si, 0.0001 to 0.2% of Cu, 0.005 to 0.03% of Ti, with the rest being Al and unavoidable impurities. The aluminum alloy foil has Fe solid solution content of 200 ppm or higher, and an intermetallic compound having a maximum diameter length of 0.1 to 1.0 μm in an number density of 2.0×10.sup.4 particles/mm.sup.2 or more.

An aluminum alloy and application thereof are disclosed. Based on a total mass of the aluminum alloy, the aluminum alloy includes: 7%-11% Si, 0.4%-1.0% Fe, 0.001%-0.2% Mg, 0.001%-0.2% Cu, 0.001%-0.2% Zn, 0.005%-0.1% Mn, 0.01%-0.06% Sr, 0.003%-0.05% B, 0.01%-0.02% Ga, 0.001%-0.01% Mo, 0.001%-0.2% Ce, 0.0003%-0.02% La, and balanced by aluminum and impurity elements, where a total amount of the impurity elements is less than 0.1%.

A graphene and in-situ nano-ZrB.sub.2 particle-co-reinforced aluminum matrix composite (AMC) and a preparation method thereof are provided. The preparation method includes: heating an aluminum alloy for melting, adding potassium fluoroborate and potassium fluorozirconate to produce ZrB.sub.2 particles in-situ, additionally adding a mixture of pre-prepared copper-coated graphene and an aluminum powder, and stirring with an electromagnetic field for uniform dispersion; and ultrasonically treating the resulting melt to improve the dispersion of the in-situ nano-ZrB.sub.2 particles and the graphene, casting for molding to obtain a casting, and subjecting the casting to homogenization and rolling for deformation to obtain the graphene and in-situ nano-ZrB.sub.2 particle-co-reinforced AMC. The in-situ generation of the reinforcement nano-ZrB.sub.2 particles in an aluminum alloy melt increases the number of interfaces in the composite and also increases the dislocation density.

The disclosure discloses an aluminum alloy material smelting device, comprising a furnace, a cutter packing device with a stirring shaft, a packing basket, a cutter-type stirring head, the stirring shaft connected with the packing basket, the bottom of the packing basket connected with a cutter-type stirring head, the cutter-type stirring head comprising a plurality of stirring blades, one end of the stirring blades connected with the bottom of the packing basket, the other end connected with each other on the central axis of the packing basket, and the side wall of the packing basket provided with a liquid passage hole to form liquid exchange with the solution outside the packing basket; the rotation of the cutter-type stirring head forming a solution vortex to accelerate the diffusion of added elements, and the vortex only formed under the stirring head, which will not damage the covering film formed on the surface of aluminum alloy, effectively prevent the scum on the surface from being involved in the solution again, thereby ensuring the consistency of the properties and chemical composition of the prepared aluminum alloy material, and reducing the influence of aluminum alloy scum on the solution.