A comparison of the family of AlTiB refiners and their ability to achieve a fully equiaxed grain structure in DC casting

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 953-959

  Schneider, W A ^a   Quested, T E ^b   Greer, A L ^b   Cooper, P S ^c  

^a Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c London/Scandinavian Metall Co Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DC CASTING; GRAIN REFINERS; GRAIN RESTRICTIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CASTING; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DISSOLUTION; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOLIDIFICATION;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 1542346058     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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