Characterization of the evolution of the volume fraction of precipitates in aged AlMgSiCu alloys using DSC technique

Materials Characterization

Volumn 55, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 307-319

  Esmaeili, Shahrzad ^a   Lloyd, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Hindalco Industries Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Al alloys; Differential scanning calorimetry; Microstructural evolution; Precipitation; Quantification

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLUME FRACTION;

ALMGSICU ALLOYS; CALORIMETRY TESTS; DISSOLUTION PROCESSES;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 27644592035     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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