Grain refiners for aluminium-silicon casting alloys

Foundryman

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 325-328

  Cook, Ray ^a   Spooner, Stephen J ^a  

^a London and Scand Metall Co Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1542381907     PISSN: 00070718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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