Influence of silicon powder-mixed dielectric on conventional electrical discharge machining

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1465-1471

  Pecas P ^a   Henriques, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

EDM polishing; Electrical discharge machining; Powder mixed dielectric; Silicon powder

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; POWDER METALS; SILICON; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

SURFACE QUALITY;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING;

EID: 0141458164     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6955(03)00169-X     Document Type: Article

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