Hot tearing in aluminium - Copper alloys

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1069-1073

  Viano, David ^a   Stjohn, David ^a   Grandfield, John ^a,b   Cáceres, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aluminium Base Alloys; Direct Chill Casting; Hot Tearing; Solidification

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM BASE ALLOYS; DIRECT CHILL CASTING; HOT TEARING; MOLD FILLING;

ALUMINUM CASTINGS; BINARY ALLOYS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MORPHOLOGY; SOLIDIFICATION;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 23244449307     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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