Conventional (non stirred) solidification -- Non-dendritic solidification -- Rheology of suspensions -- Characteristics of A390 alloy -- Microstructure of undercooled hypereutetic A1-Si alloys -- Advantages and disadvantages of A390 alloy -- The fragmentation mechanism of the primary silicon under shear force -- Si coarsening of hypereutetic alloy in the semi-solid state -- The Factsage software -- Measurement of the reological characteristics -- Mettalography of A390 -- Thermodynamic evaluation -- As cast microstructure of A390 -- The rheological behaviour of A390
