A l-SiC composite is made up of Al matrix and SiC particles [1] . Al matrix includes pure Al and Al alloys. SiC particle is a kind of brittle and hard phase and is used to improve the mechanical property of Al matrix. Therefore, Al-SiC composites possess performance qualities both metals and ceramics such as excellent specific strength, large specific stiffness, high thermal conductivity, low coefficient of thermal expansion, outstanding damping property, superior abradability, good fatigue resistance, etc., and the Al-SiC composites are widely used in automotive, aerospace, optical and electronic packaging fi elds [2][3][4][5] .Among the processing technologies of Al-SiC composite [6][7][8][9] , stir casting, which mainly involves the