A thermally conductive, wear-resistant alloy is particularly suited to cladding aluminum engine head valve seats. In the preferred embodiments, the alloys are metallurgically compatible with the cast Al--Si alloy used for the engine head. Three alternative embodiments are disclosed, namely, copper-based alloys; aluminum silicon-based alloys; and two-layer systems.

 
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