An assessment of high pressure die cast Mg-Zn-Al alloys

Magnesium Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 323-328

  Easton, Mark ^a   Abbott, Trevor ^b   Nie, Jian Feng ^a   Savage, Gary ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Advanced Magnesium Technologies   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creep; Hot tearing

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING ELEMENTS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM CLADDING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CREEP; DIE CASTING; DIE CASTINGS; DIES; DUCTILITY; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH; LIGHT METALS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM CASTINGS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METAL CASTINGS; METALS; PRESSURE; TECHNOLOGY; TENSILE PROPERTIES; ZINC; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC CASTINGS; ZINC SULFIDE;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; (PL) PROPERTIES; CASTABILITY; GENERAL (CO); HIGH PRESSURE DIE CAST (HPDC); HIGH-PRESSURE DIE CASTING (HPDC); MG AL ALLOYS; QUASI STATIC; REGRESSION (R2); YIELD STRENGTHS; ZN-AL ALLOYS;

ALLOYS;

EID: 45749157227     PISSN: 15454150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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