Measurement of the onset of hot cracking in DC cast billets

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 711-717

  Commet, Benoît ^a   Delaire, Pascal ^a   Rabenberg, Jan ^b   Storm, Joost ^b  

^a ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

^b Delft University of Technology Corus Research Development and Technology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK HEALS (CH); GRAIN REFINEMENT; HOT CRACKING; HOT TEARING;

ALLOYING; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; BILLETS (METAL BARS); CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; INSPECTION; SOLIDIFICATION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

METAL CASTING;

EID: 1542315964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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