Grain refinement of Mg-Al alloys with Al4C3-SiC/Al master alloy

Materials Letters

Volumn 58, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 1282-1287

  Liu, Yanhui ^a   Liu, Xiangfa ^a   Xiufang, Bian ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Al 4C3; Grain refinement; Heterogeneous nucleation; Metallurgy; Metals and alloys; Mg Al Zn alloys; SiC

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METALLURGY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; REFINING; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLIDIFICATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AL4C3; GRAIN REFINEMENT; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; MG-AL-ZN ALLOYS;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0942299326     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2003.09.022     Document Type: Article

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