Influence of silicon morphology and mechanical properties of piston alloys

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 777-791

  Dwivedi, Dheerendra Kumar ^a   Sharma, A ^b   Rajan, T V ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b MALAVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial age hardening; Cast Al Si alloys; Eutectic and hypereutectic alloys; Grain refinement; LM13 and LM28; Mechanical properties; Microstructure; Mode of fracture; Modification; Spheroidization

Indexed keywords

AGE HARDENING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DUCTILITY; EUTECTICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HEAT TREATMENT; MICROHARDNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ARTIFICIAL AGE HARDENING; CAST AL-SI ALLOYS; EUTECTIC AND HYPEREUTECTIC ALLOYS; GRAIN REFINEMENT; LM13 AND LM28; MODE OF FRACTURE; SPHEROIDIZATION;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 25444507230     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/AMP-200055138     Document Type: Article

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