Preliminary investigation on the grain refinement behavior of ZrB 2 particles in Mg-Al alloys

Magnesium Technology

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 69-75

  Klosch G ^a   McKay, B J ^b   Schumacher, P ^a,b  

^a Austrian Foundry Research Institute   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Grain Refinement; Magnesium alloys; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELTING; NUCLEATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AL-TI-B; AL-ZR ALLOYS; GRAIN REFINEMENT BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEOUS PARTICLES;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 33646122667     PISSN: 15454150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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