Laser surface alloying of silicon into aluminum casting alloys

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 166-170

  Xu, Zhiyue ^a   Leong, Keng H ^a,b   Sanders, Paul G ^a,c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloys; Laser surface alloying; Silicon; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001278992     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.521928     Document Type: Article

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