Effect of heat treatment on the drilling performance of aluminum/SiC MMC

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-138

  Barnes, S ^a   Pashby, I R ^a   Hashim, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CARBIDE CUTTING TOOLS; DRILLING; DRILLS; HEAT TREATMENT; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SILICON CARBIDE; THERMAL EFFECTS; TITANIUM NITRIDE; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

CEMENTED CARBIDE DRILLS;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032650724     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008853525975     Document Type: Article

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