Manufacturing of cast A356 matrix composite reinforced ...
A ZrO 2-coated stainless steel stirrer was placed below the surface of melt, rotated with a speed of 500 r·min −1, while high-purity argon gas was simultaneously applied as a protective shroud on the melt surface.During the stir casting process, the aluminum foil packets were added to the vortex center at 600 °C during the first minute of the semisolid stirring.