Semi-solid metal processing routes: An overview

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-304

  Nafisi, S ^a   Ghomashchi, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b Advanced Materials and Processing Research Institute

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CASTING; SOLIDIFICATION;

AUTO PARTS; SEMI-SOLID METAL (SSM) PROCESSING; TECHNOLOGISTS;

METALLURGY;

EID: 29844436522     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/cmq.2005.44.3.289     Document Type: Review

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