A new machine to characterize microstructural evolution of semi-solid metal billets through viscometery

Materials and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1321-1325

  Lashkari, Omid ^a   Ghomashchi, Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Al alloy; Compression viscometery; Dendrite; Globule; Rosette; Semi solid metal

Indexed keywords

BILLETS (METAL BARS); MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; RHEOLOGY; SLURRIES; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

PARALLEL PLATE COMPRESSION VISCOMETERY; SEMI-SOLID METAL BILLETS; STRAIN-TIME GRAPH;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BILLETS (METAL BARS); MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; RHEOLOGY; SLURRIES; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33751395422     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2006.01.023     Document Type: Article

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