Investigation through factorial design on novel method of preparing vanadium carbide using carbon during aluminothermic reduction

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 133-139

  Venugopalan, Ramani ^a   Sathiyamoorthy, D ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbo aluminothermic reduction; Contour plot; Factorial design; Steepest ascent method; Yield function

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; COMPOSITION; PRODUCT DESIGN; REDUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CARBO-ALUMINOTHERMIC REDUCTION; CONTOUR PLOT; FACTORIAL DESIGN; STEEPEST ASCENT METHOD; YIELD FUNCTION;

VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33744507839     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.03.118     Document Type: Article

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