Using equal-channel angular pressing for the production of superplastic aluminum and magnesium alloys

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 683-690

  Xu, Cheng ^a   Horite, Zenji ^b   Furukawa, Minora ^c   Langdon, Terence G ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloys; Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP); Magnesium alloys; Severe plastic deformation (SPD); Ultrafine grain sizes

Indexed keywords

BAR SAMPLES; EQUAL-CHANNEL ANGULAR PRESSING (ECAP); SEVERE PLASTIC DEFORMATION (SPD); ULTRAFINE GRAIN SIZES;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MICROMETERS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; SUPERPLASTICITY; ZIRCONIUM;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 11244334276     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1361/10599490421385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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