Micromelting and its effects on surface topography and properties in laser polishing of stainless steel

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 221-228

  Mai, T A ^a   Lim, G C ^a  

^a SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Heat conduction; Laser polishing; Micromelting; Moving boundary; Surface reflectance

Indexed keywords

MICROMELTING; MOVING BOUNDARY; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; SURFACE SMOOTHING;

CORROSION RESISTANCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HARDNESS; HEAT CONDUCTION; POLISHING; SOLIDIFICATION; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33751268419     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.1809637     Document Type: Article

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