Compaction, sintering and mechanical properties of elemental 6061 Al powder with and without sintering aids

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 752-762

  Showaiter, N ^a   Youseffi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium 6061 alloy; Mechanical properties; Sintering aids; Vacuum and nitrogen sintering

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELONGATION; HARDNESS; SINTERING; TENSILE STRENGTH; YIELD STRESS;

SINTERED DENSITY; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM POWDER METALLURGY;

ALUMINUM POWDER METALLURGY; COMPACTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELONGATION; HARDNESS; SINTERING; TENSILE STRENGTH; YIELD STRESS;

EID: 38949129027     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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