An investigation on the solid state sintering of mechanically alloyed nano-structured 90W-Ni-Fe tungsten heavy alloy

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 145-151

  Akhtar, Farid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Fracture morphology; Mechanical properties; Microstructure; Solid state sintering; Tungsten heavy alloys

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL ALLOYING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SINTERING; SOLID STATE REACTIONS;

FRACTURE MORPHOLOGY; SOLID STATE SINTERING; TUNGSTEN HEAVY ALLOYS;

TUNGSTEN ALLOYS;

EID: 38949143279     PISSN: 02634368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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