Friction stir welding of magnesium alloys

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 147-152

  Johnson, Richard ^a   Threadgill, Philip ^a  

^a TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; DIE CASTING; FRICTION WELDING; MANGANESE; WELDS; ZINC;

WROUGHT MATERIALS;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0037710309     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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