Solidification of undercooled refractory metals and alloys by containerless processing

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 392-402

  Vinet, Bernard ^a  

^a Dept Technol pour Ener Nouvelles ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Containerless processing; Metastable phases; Nucleation; Refractory metals; Rhenium effect; Solidification

Indexed keywords

INTERMETALLICS; MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; PRECIOUS METALS; QUENCHING; REFRACTORY ALLOYS; RHENIUM; SOLIDIFICATION; SOLUBILITY; STEEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

AB-INITIO CALCULATIONS; CONTAINERLESS PROCESSING; METASTABLE PHASES; RHENIUM EFFECT;

REFRACTORY METALS;

EID: 3042543869     PISSN: 02681900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.2004.004779     Document Type: Article

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