Microstructure and compressive properties of chill-cast Mg-Al-Ca alloys

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 613-622

  Shi, Ling Ling ^a   Ma, Han ^a   Liu, Teng ^a   Xu, Jian ^a   Ma, En ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTECTICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INTERMETALLICS; METALLIC GLASS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PLASTICITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS; VOLUME FRACTION;

CHILL CASTING; HYPEREUTECTIC MICROSTRUCTURES; HYPOEUTECTIC ALLOYS;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 33645109432     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0074     Document Type: Article

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