Effects and mechanism of Ca on refinement of AZ91D alloy

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 437, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 317-321

  Li, Shuang Shou ^a   Tang, Bin ^a   Zeng, Da Ben ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AZ91D alloy; Calcium; Mechanism; Refinement

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS;

CA ADDITION; REFINEMENT TENDENCY; SOLID LIQUID INTERFACE;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 34247241731     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2006.07.117     Document Type: Article

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