Table 2.

Chemical compositions of the Al–Ce binary alloys investigated in this study, measured by OES/ ICP techniques.

Alloy	Ce	Si	Mg	Ni	Ti	Mn	Cu
	wt.%
Al–5Ce	5.21 (1.05 at.%)	0.016	0.042	0.013	<0.001	<0.001	<0.005
Al–10Ce	10.61 (2.23 at.%)	0.015	0.042	0.031	<0.001	<0.001	<0.005
Al–11Ce	11.82 (2.49 at.%)	0.055	0.010	0.038	0.038	0.019	0.004
Al–12Ce	12.51 (2.68 at.%)	0.056	0.010	0.039	0.033	0.019	0.006
Al–15Ce	15.80 (3.49 at.%)	0.018	0.080	0.058	<0.024	<0.001	<0.005
Al–20Ce	20.76 (4.80 at.%)	0.017	0.110	0.072	<0.023	<0.001	<0.005