Nucleated casting for the production of large superalloy ingots

JOM

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 52-57

  Carter Jr , William T ^a   Forbes Jones, Robin M ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ATI Allvac   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; FORGING; GAS TURBINES; METAL CASTING; METAL MELTING; POWDER METALLURGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERALLOYS; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WHEELS;

NUCLEATED CASTING; SUPERALLOY INGOTS; THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; TURBINE BLADE; TURBINE WHEEL;

INGOTS;

EID: 19944380794     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-005-0082-5     Document Type: Article

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