Developments in laser welding of metallic materials and characterization of the joints

Welding in the World

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 13-26

  Cam G ^a   Kocak M ^a   Dos Santos, J F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloys; Carbon manganese steels; Laser welding; Nickel alloys; Titanium aluminides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005329126     PISSN: 00432288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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