Variable AC polarity GTAW fusion behavior in 5083 aluminum

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Yarmuch, M A R ^a   Patchett, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; ION BOMBARDMENT; MELTING; PLASMA SOURCES; POLARIZATION;

GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING (GTAW) PROCESSES; NEGATIVE POLARITY; POSITIVE POLARITY;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 34547266626     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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