Characterization of solidification path for aluminium 6060 weld metal with variable 4043 filler dilution

Welding in the World

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 14-23

  Coniglio, N ^a   Cross, C E ^a  

^a BAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloys; Analysis techniques; Cooling; Cooling rate; Cracking; Defects; Dilution; Hot cracking; Light metals; Microstructure; Practical investigations; Reference lists; Solidification cracking; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRACK INITIATION; LIGHT METALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SOLIDIFICATION; WELDS;

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; COOLING RATE; DILUTION; FRACTION INTERDENDRITIC CONSTITUENT; HOT CRACKING; REFERENCE LISTS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 33751198477     PISSN: 00432288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03263457     Document Type: Conference Paper

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