Effects of Ca additions on microstructures, age hardening response and creep behaviour of Mg-8Zn-4Al casting alloy

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 183-188

  Mendis, Chamini ^a   Bourgeois, Laure ^a   Muddle, Barry ^a   Nie, Jian Feng ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE HARDENING; CALCIUM; CREEP; INTERMETALLICS; METAL CASTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; QUASICRYSTALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CREEP RESISTANCE;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0037710263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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