Evaluation of particle size and particle shape distributions in Al-Al 3Ni FGMs fabricated by a centrifugal in-situ method

Science and Engineering of Composite Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 185-199

  Watanabe, Yoshimi ^a   Sato, Ryuho ^a   Matsuda, Koichi ^a   Fukui, Yasuyoshi ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Centrifugal in situ method; Circularity; Cooling rate; Fractal dimension; Functionally graded materials (FGMs); Particle shape; Particle size; Stirring

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM NITRIDE; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; FABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VOLUME FRACTION;

COOLING RATES; FRACTAL DIMENSIONS;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS;

EID: 3142703860     PISSN: 0334181X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/secm.2004.11.2-3.185     Document Type: Article

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