Multistep induction heating regimes for thixoforming 7075 aluminium alloy

Materials Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 490-496

  Chayong, S ^a,b   Atkinson, H V ^a,c   Kapranos, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UBON RATCHATHANI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

7075 wrought aluminium alloy; Induction heating; Semisolid processing; Thixoforming

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; INDUCTION HEATING; METAL CASTING; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); REHEAT CYCLE; SEMISUBMERSIBLES;

EXTRUDED FORM; PINNING PARTICLES; SPHEROIDAL MICROSTRUCTURE; THIXOFORMING;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEATING; MATERIAL STATE; METAL INDUSTRY; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THIXOFORMING;

EID: 1942469430     PISSN: 02670836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/026708304225012341     Document Type: Article

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