Friction stir welding of magnesium alloys

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 419-422, Issue I, 2003, Pages 365-370

  Johnson, Richard ^a  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cast and wrought magnesium alloys; Friction stir welding

Indexed keywords

DIE CASTING; FRICTION WELDING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE STRESS;

FRICTION STIR WELDING (FSW); WROUGHT ALLOYS;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0037247397     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.419-422.365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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