Issues in processing by the liquid-Sn assisted directional solidification technique

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Superalloys

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 421-430

  Elliott, A J ^a   Karney, G B ^b   Gigliotti, M F X ^c   Pollock, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Columnar grain; Dendrite; LMC; Solidification

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DEFECTS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METAL CASTINGS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SUPERALLOYS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

COLUMNAR GRAIN; DENDRITES; LIQUID METAL COOLING (LMC); PRIMARY DENDRITE ARM SPACING (PDAS);

SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 23744444465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.7449/2004/superalloys_2004_421_430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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