Grain refinement of Al-Si alloy (A356) by melt thermal treatment

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-34

  Wang, Jun ^a,b   He, Shuxian ^b   Sun, Baode ^b   Guo, Qixin ^a   Nishio, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A356 alloy; Grain refinement; Melt thermal treatment

Indexed keywords

HEAT TREATMENT; METALLOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTICITY; SOLIDIFICATION;

GRAIN REFINEMENT;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0041862607     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(02)01007-5     Document Type: Article

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