Properties and spot welding behaviour of copper-alumina composites through ball milling and mechanical alloying

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1311-1315

  Hussain, Zuhailawati ^a   Kit, Leong Chee ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ball milling; Composites; Mechanical alloying

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL ALLOYING; PRESSURE; SPOT WELDING;

COMPACTION PRESSURE; COPPER-ALUMINA COMPOSITES;

COPPER ALLOYS;

BALL MILLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COPPER ALLOYS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL ALLOYING; PRESSURE; SPOT WELDING;

EID: 41649100298     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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