Origins of heterogeneities in plasma melted ingots of γ-TiAl

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 115-122

  Godfrey, B ^a   Loretto, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glow discharge; Heterogeneities; Plasma; TiAl

Indexed keywords

COLD WORKING; GLOW DISCHARGES; INGOTS; MELTING; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SOLIDIFICATION; SPECTROMETRY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

COLD HEARTH PLASMA MELTING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; GLOW DISCHARGE SPECTROMETRY; HETEROGENEITIES; MACROSEGREGATION; TITANIUM ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0032652380     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-5093(99)00038-6     Document Type: Article

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