Boron-based refiners: Implications in conventional casting of Al-Si alloys

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2007, Pages 445-453

  Nafisi, Shahrooz ^a   Ghomashchi, Reza ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Advanced Materials and Processing Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Al Si alloys; AlB12; AlB2; Boron; Grain refining

Indexed keywords

BORON; CASTING; DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); GRAIN REFINEMENT; METAL REFINERIES; METAL REFINING; MORPHOLOGY;

COLUMNAR DENDRITIC STRUCTURE; CONVENTIONAL CASTING; EQUIAXED MORPHOLOGY; GRAIN REFINING;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BORON; CASTING; DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); GRAIN REFINEMENT; METAL REFINERIES; METAL REFINING; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 33847412883     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2006.10.145     Document Type: Article

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