Overview of key R&D activities for the development of high-performance magnesium materials in Canada

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 488-489, Issue , 2005, Pages 21-24

  Jackman, Jennifer A ^a   Wood, Jeffrey ^b   Essadiqi, Elhachmi ^a   Lo, Jason ^a   Sahoo, Mahi ^a   Xu, Su ^a   Thomson, Jim ^a   Liu, Weijie ^a  

^a CANMET MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

High pressure die casting; Lost foam casting; Low pressure die casting; Metal matrix composites; Mg sheet; Sand casting; Thermomechanical processing; Wrought Mg

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MAGNESIUM; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; METALLURGY;

HIGH-PRESSURE DIE CASTING; LOST FOAM CASTING; LOW-PRESSURE DIE CASTING; SAND CASTING; THERMOMECHANICAL PROCESSING;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35148857323     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-968-7.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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