Grain refiner fade in aluminium alloys

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 821-826

  Schaffer, Paul L ^a   Dahle, Arne K ^a   Zindel, Jacob W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fade; Grain Refiner; Settling

Indexed keywords

GRAIN REFINER; OXIDE LAYERS;

BORON; FOUNDRIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTIMIZATION; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 2442489074     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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