Defect grains in the melt-back region of CMSX-4 single crystal seeds

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Superalloys

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 719-726

  Stanford, N ^a   Djakovic, A ^a   Shollock, B ^a   McLean, M ^a   D'Souza, N ^b   Jennings, P ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EBSD; Grain growth; Orientation distribution; Seeds; Single crystal; Stray grains

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MELTING; NICKEL; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

DEFECT GRAINS; GRAIN FORMATION; NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOY; PRE-FABRICATED SEEDS;

SUPERALLOYS;

EID: 23744516756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.7449/2004/superalloys_2004_719_726     Document Type: Conference Paper

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