Squeeze casting of Ni coated SiC particle reinforced Al based composite

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1271-1279

  Tekmen, C ^a   Cocen, U ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coating Al SiC; Electroless; Ni; Squeeze casting

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CLADDING (COATING); ELECTROLESS PLATING; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSCOPES; MORPHOLOGY; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PORE STRUCTURE; SCANNING; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SILICON CARBIDE; SPECTROMETERS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

(PL) PROPERTIES; AL-BASED COMPOSITES; ELECTROLESS NI(P); ELECTROLESS NICKEL (EN) COATINGS; ENERGY DISPERSIONS; FABRICATION PROCESSES; IMAGE ANALYZERS; MATRIX PHASE; MICRO STRUCTURAL; OPTICAL MICROSCOPE (OM); PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; PARTICLE SEGREGATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (SEM); SQUEEZE CASTING; X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETER (XRD);

NICKEL PLATING;

EID: 44649114643     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998308092195     Document Type: Article

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