Grain refinement of AZ91 alloy by introducing ultrasonic vibration during solidification

Materials Letters

Volumn 62, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 2872-2875

  Liu, Xinbao ^a   Osawa, Yoshiaki ^a   Takamori, Susumu ^a   Mukai, Toshiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grain refinement; Magnesium alloys; Microstructure; Ultrasonic vibration

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; SOLIDIFICATION; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

LIQUIDUS TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONIC VIBRATION;

GRAIN REFINEMENT;

EID: 43049152771     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2008.01.063     Document Type: Article

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