Electric discharge machining of Al-10%SiCP as-cast metal matrix composites

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 155-156, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 1653-1657

  Singh, P Narender ^a   Raghukandan, K ^a   Rathinasabapathi, M ^a   Pai, B C ^b  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Al 10 SiC p; As cast metal matrix composites; Electric discharge machining

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DRILLING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IONIZATION; KEROSENE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEAR OF MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; EXPERIMENTS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; SILICON CARBIDE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ALUMINIUM (AL)-10%SICP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); AS-CAST METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; PROCESSING TECHNIQUES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ALUMINUM;

AL-10%SIC P; ALUMINIUM METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; AS-CAST; DIELECTRIC FLUID; EFFECTIVE TOOL; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING; HARD MATERIAL; HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY; MACHINING PARAMETERS; MACHINING TECHNIQUES; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; METAL REMOVAL RATE; OPTIMAL LEVEL; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; PULSE ON-TIME; RADIAL OVERCUT; SPARK EROSION; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE FINISHES; TOOL WEAR RATE;

EID: 10044259550     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2004.04.321     Document Type: Article

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