Thermodynamic criteria for the selection of alloys suitable for semi-solid processing

Steel Research International

Volumn 76, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 92-98

  Balitchev, Evgueni ^a,b   Hallstedt, Bengt ^a   Neuschütz, Dieter ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Lech Stahlwerke GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alloy selection; Aluminium alloys; Selection criteria; Semi solid processing; Solidification; Steel; Thermodynamic simulation; Thixoforming

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CASTING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FORGING; OXIDATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALLOY SELECTION; SELECTION CRITERIA; SEMI-SOLID PROCESSING; THERMODYNAMIC SIMULATION; THIXOFORMING;

SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 14744278943     PISSN: 16113683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/srin.200505978     Document Type: Article

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