Characterization of the dissolution of the Al2Cu phase in two Al-Si-Cu-Mg casting alloys using calorimetry

Materials Characterization

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 371-378

  Lasa, L ^a   Rodriguez Ibabe, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Al2Cu phase; Calorimetry; Thixoforming

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; CASTING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INTERMETALLICS; METALLOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE;

CASTING ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0036662683     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-5803(02)00283-8     Document Type: Article

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