RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Kuchariková, Lenka A1 Tillová, Eva A1 Belan, Juraj A1 Chalupová, Mária A1 Švecová, Ivana A1 Čička, Roman A1 Uhríčik, Milan T1 Observation on the Formation of β-Al5FeSi Phase Depending on the Content of Fe in Aluminium Cast Alloy JF Manufacturing Technology Journal YR 2018 VO 18 IS 4 SP 611 OP 615 DO 10.21062/ujep/147.2018/a/1213-2489/MT/18/4/611 UL https://journalmt.com/artkey/mft-201804-0015.php AB This work examines the effect on the formation of second Fe phase group Al-Fe-Si: Al5FeSi in aluminium alloy containing the iron of 0.123 wt. %, 0.454 wt. % and 0.655 wt. %. Studies were focused on the size and content of Al5FeSi changes and their effect on the porosity formation and mechanical properties in AlSi7Mg0.3 cast alloys. One of the key problems of these phases is their harmful morphology effect on to properties (mechanical, fracture, fatigue and so on) of aluminium casts. The increasing usage of recycled metals for production new casts is the main factor which influences content of iron in composition of aluminium cast alloys. The observation with using scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), optical microscopy and quantitative analysis software confirmes enlarging of the β-needles phases particles and size of pores with increasing of iron content.