Grain refinement effects of Al based alloys with low titanium content produced by electrolysis

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1121-1126

  Liu, Zhi Yong ^a   Wang, Ming Xing ^a   Weng, Yong Gang ^a   Song, Tian Fu ^a   Xie, Jing Pei ^b   Huo, Yu Ping ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LUOYANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Electrolysis; Grain refinement; Low titanium content

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYSIS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SOLIDIFICATION; TITANIUM;

ALUMINUM BASED ALLOYS; COARSE COLUMNAR GRAINS; GRAIN REFINEMENT EFFECTS; GROWTH RESTRICTING EFFECT; LOW TITANIUM CONTENT;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0036996153     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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