Degassing of molten aluminum A356 alloy using ultrasonic vibration

Materials Letters

Volumn 58, Issue 29, 2004, Pages 3669-3673

  Xu, Hanbing ^a   Jian, Xiaogang ^a   Meek, Thomas T ^a   Han, Qingyou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Degassing; Porosity formation; Ultrasonic vibration

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COAGULATION; DEGASSING; ELECTRIC FURNACES; HYDROGEN; MELTING; POROSITY; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

POROSITY FORMATION; REDUCED PRESSURE TEST (RPT); ULTRASONIC GENERATOR; ULTRASONIC VIBRATION;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 4944251400     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2004.02.055     Document Type: Article

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