Effects of Al-10Sr master alloys on grain refinement of AZ31 magnesium alloy

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-58

  YANG, Ming bo ^a,b   PAN, Fu sheng ^b   CHENG, Ren ju ^b   TANG, Ai tao ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Al 10Sr master alloy; Al4Sr phase; AZ31 magnesium alloy; grain refinement

Indexed keywords

GRAIN REFINEMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE INTERFACES; QUENCHING; REMELTING; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

COARSE BLOCK SHAPES; MASTER ALLOYS; RAPID COOLING; WATER QUENCHING;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 39849104654     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(08)60010-2     Document Type: Article

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