Fracture toughness in direct extruded Mg-Al-Zn alloys

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2598-2607

  Somekawa, Hidetoshi ^a   Kim, Han S ^a,b   Singh, Alok ^a   Mukai, Toshiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXTRUSION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TESTING; STRETCHED ZONE ANALYSIS;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 34748876588     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0334     Document Type: Article

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