Wetting and infiltration of zirconium diboride by copper and copper/boron alloys

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 129-135

  Stucker, Brent E ^a   Bradley, Walter L ^b  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b Baylor University   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Copper; Electric discharges; Machine tools

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; INFILTRATION; MACHINE TOOLS; OXYGEN; WETTING;

CONTAMINATION CONDITIONS; COPPER/BORON ALLOYS; OXYGEN CONTAMINATION; ZIRCONIUM DIBORIDE;

ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33745104409     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540610670708     Document Type: Article

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