Effects of simultaneous Na and Sr additions in a eutectic Al-Si casting alloy

Solidification of Aluminum Alloys

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 111-120

  McIntyre, Hamish R ^a   Looij, Jason ^b   Kral, Milo V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CWF Hamilton and Company Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aluminum silicon alloys; Eutectics; Modification; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CASTING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INTERMETALLICS; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SILICON ALLOYS; SODIUM; SOLIDIFICATION; STRONTIUM; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

ALUMINIUM SILICON ALLOYS; CASTING ALLOYS; EUTECTIC SILICON; EUTECTIC SOLIDS; MODIFICATIONS; NITROGEN GAS; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGY;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 3042745252     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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