The influence of strontium and TIB2 additions on the formation of porosity in aluminum castings and their effect on final fatigue properties

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 225-234

  Lee, P D ^a   Lindley, T C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminum Castings; Oxides; Porosity

Indexed keywords

EUTECTICS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTOGRAPHY; MICROPOROSITY; PORE SIZE; RADIOGRAPHY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EUTECTIC PHASES; REAL-TIME RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAY MICRO-TOMOGRAPHIC (XMT) TECHNIQUES;

ALUMINUM CASTINGS;

EID: 32544455658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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