"Hard spot" defects in aluminium-silicon cast alloys

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 255-262

  Cao, X ^a   Campbell, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Al Si alloy; Casting; Hard spot; Inclusion; Machining

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CASTINGS; FILLING; INCLUSIONS; MACHINING; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SILICON ALLOYS; TITANIUM CARBIDE;

COLD SHOTS; ENTRAINED SAND; MACHINING DEFECTS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 32544446298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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