Design of mechanical properties of a Zn27Al alloy based on microstructure dendritic array spacing

Materials and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2425-2430

  Santos, Givanildo A ^a,b   de Moura Neto, Carlos ^a   Osório, Wislei R ^b   Garcia, Amauri ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Microstructure; Tensile properties; Zinc aluminum

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CARBON STEEL; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; SOLIDIFICATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; YIELD STRESS;

COOLING RATE; TENSILE PROPERTY; TIP GROWTH RATE; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

ZINC ALLOYS;

BINARY ALLOYS; CARBON STEEL; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; SOLIDIFICATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; YIELD STRESS; ZINC ALLOYS;

EID: 34250736911     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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