Thixotropic structure formation in A390 hypereutectic Al-Si alloy

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites, S2P 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 553-561

  Wang, H ^a   Ning, Z L ^a   Davidson, C J ^b   StJohn, D H ^c   Xie, S S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c CRC for Cast Metals Manufacturing   (Australia)

^d GENERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NONFERROUS METALS   (China)

Author keywords

Controlled Nucleation method; Hypereutectic Al Si alloy; Semisolid processing; Thixotropic structure

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIE CASTING; MELTING; NUCLEATION; SILICON ALLOYS; SOLIDIFICATION;

CONTROLLED NUCLEATION METHODS; HYPEREUTECTIC AL-SI ALLOYS; SEMISOLID PROCESSING; THIXOTROPIC STRUCTURES;

EUTECTICS;

EID: 27944442490     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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