Metallography in music: Microstructures in the Caribbean steel drum

Materials Characterization

Volumn 45, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 341-351

  Ferreyra, E ^a   Murr, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Low carbon steel; Microstructures; Strain aging

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CARBON STEEL; ELASTICITY; HARDNESS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; STEEL METALLOGRAPHY; STRAIN;

STEEL DRUMS;

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0034289360     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-5803(00)00102-9     Document Type: Article

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