Microstructural analysis of Al alloys dispersed with TiB2 particulate for MMC applications

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-145

  Wang, X ^a   Brydson, R ^a   Jha, A ^a   Ellis, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b London Scand Metallurgical Co Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Al alloy; Al Ti B; Ceramic particle; In situ; Microstructure; MMCs; TiB2

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING ELEMENTS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOYS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DISPERSIONS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AL-ALLOY; AL-TI-B; ALLOY MATRIX; CERAMICS PARTICLES; IN-SITU; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; MMC; MOLTEN ALUMINIUM; MOLTEN ALUMINUM; PARTICULATES;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; BORON DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; DISPERSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0032748521     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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