Precipitation strengthening of a Mg-Al-Ca based die-cast alloy with Al 2Ca phase

Magnesium Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 375-380

  Suzuki, Akane ^a   Saddock, Nicholas D ^a   Terbush, Jessica R ^a   Powell, Bob R ^b   Wayne Jones, J ^a   Pollock, Tresa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Creep; Precipitation hardening; TTT diagram

Indexed keywords

AGE HARDENING; CREEP; DIE CASTING; HARDNESS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CREEP STRENGTH; INTRA-GRANULAR PRECIPITATES; ISOTHERMAL AGING TREATMENTS;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 34547857070     PISSN: 15454150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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