Table 6.

Consolidation of MC effect on the aluminium-silicon alloys with applications through additive manufacturing.

Category	MC	Route	Process	Scanning mode	Characteristics			Purpose	Ref.
					Wettability	Reinforcement distribution	Energy absorption
Eutectic aluminium alloy	TiC	Ex situ	SLM	Islands	Good	Good	Increased	Aerospace	[101]
Eutectic aluminium alloy	TiC	In situ	SLM	Rotation of 67°	Good	Good	Increased	Biomedical	[102]
Eutectic aluminium alloy	TiC	Ex situ	SLM	Linear raster scan	Good	Good	Increased	Microelectronics	[58]
Hypereutectic aluminium alloy	TiC	In situ	SLM	Long bidirectional	Excellent	Homogenous	Increased	Automotive	[91]
Eutectic aluminium alloy	TiC	In situ	DED	Linear raster scan	Good	Good	Increased	Aerospace, automotive, and biomedical	[106]
Eutectic aluminium alloy	SiC	Ex situ	SLM	Alternating x/y raster strategy	Good	Uniform	Increased	Automotive, military, aerospace, and electronic encapsulation fields	[95]
Eutectic aluminium alloy	SiC	Ex situ	SLM	Single-line tracks	Good	Uniform	Increased	Specialized products	[96]
Pure aluminium	SiC	Ex situ	SLM	Style of strip hatch (17°)	Good	Uniform	Increased	Automotive and aerospace sectors	[97]
Hypoeutectic aluminium alloy	SiC	Ex situ	Laser sintering	Linear	Fair	Agglomeration	Increased	Aerospace applications	[98]
Eutectic aluminium alloy	SiC	In situ	SLM	Alternate XY directions	Better	Homogenization	Increased	Tribological application	[99]
Hypereutectic aluminium alloy	SiC	Ex situ	SLM	Series	Good	Uniform	Increased	Marine, automotive, and aerospace	[100]
Eutectic aluminium alloy	B4C	Ex situ	SLM	Bidirectional	Fair	Uniform	Reasonable	Radial collimators, lightweight armor	[66]