A mechanism for the formation of equiaxed grains in welds of aluminum-lithium alloy 2090

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 304-309

  Lin, D C ^a   Wang, G X ^a   Srivatsan, T S ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Al Li alloy 2090; Equiaxed grain zone; Fusion boundary; Solidification

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FILLER METALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

EQUIAXED GRAINS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

WELD;

EID: 0037466802     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00858-4     Document Type: Article

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