Effect of grain refining on defect formation in DC cast Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy billet

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 727-732

  Nadella, Ravi ^a   Eskin, Dmitry ^a   Katgerman, Laurens ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR METALS RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Al alloys; DC casting; Grain refining; Hot cracking; Macrosegregation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM CASTINGS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); GRAIN REFINEMENT; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

ALLOY BILLETS; CASTING SPEED; HOT CRACKING; MACROSEGREGATION; SEGREGATION LEVELS;

BILLETS (METAL BARS);

EID: 34547925666     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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