Effects of cerium on the microstructure and mechanical properties of AZ31 alloy

Rare Metals

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-376

  Wu, Anru ^a,b   Xia, Changqing ^a   Wang, Shaowu ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

AZ31 alloys; Cerium; Dynamic recrystallization; Mechanical properties; Microstructure; Rolling

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CERIUM; DOPING (ADDITIVES); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); ROLLING; STRENGTHENING (METAL); TENSILE PROPERTIES;

AZ31 ALLOYS; CE ADDITION; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION;

ALLOYS;

EID: 33750393473     PISSN: 10010521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0521(06)60070-3     Document Type: Article

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