Development of near-eutectic Al-Si casting alloys for piston applications

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 396-402, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 625-630

  Edwards, W M ^a   Thomson, R C ^a   Barnes, S J ^a   Barnes, S I ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium silicon; Grain refinement; Microstructure modelling; Piston

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COOLING; EUTECTICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METAL CASTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PISTONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CASTING ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0036430673     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.396-402.625     Document Type: Conference Paper

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