Potency of high-intensity ultrasonic treatment for grain refinement of magnesium alloys

Scripta Materialia

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-22

  Ramirez, A ^a   Qian, Ma ^a   Davis, B ^b   Wilks, T ^b   StJohn, D H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Magnesium Elektron Ltd   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grain refining; Magnesium alloys; Ultrasonic treatment

Indexed keywords

GRAIN REFINEMENT; NUCLEATION; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

GRAIN NUCLEATION; GRAIN-REFINING POTENTIAL; ULTRASONIC GRAIN REFINEMENT; ULTRASONIC TREATMENT;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 43049161298     PISSN: 13596462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2008.02.017     Document Type: Article

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