Modeling of grain refinement: Part III. Al-7Si-0.3Mg aluminum alloy

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1301-1306

  Yao, X ^a   McDonald, S D ^a   Dahle, A K ^a   Davidson, C J ^b   St John, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SOLIDIFICATION;

CELLULAR AUTOMATION-FINITE CONTROL VOLUME METHOD; GRAIN FORMATION; PARTITIONING COEFFICIENT;

GRAIN REFINEMENT;

EID: 44649088948     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0155     Document Type: Article

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