Porosity formation in aluminium alloy A356 modified with Ba, Ca, Y and Yb

Journal of Light Metals

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 241-249

  Knuutinen, A ^a   Nogita, K ^a   McDonald, S D ^a   Dahle, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0042307992     PISSN: 14715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-5317(02)00006-8     Document Type: Article

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