The influence of TiB2 particles on the effectiveness of Al-3Ti-0.15C grain refiner

Materials Characterization

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1458-1465

  Naglič, Iztok ^a   Smolej, Anton ^b   Doberšek, Mirko ^a   Mrvar, Primož ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METALS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloy; Casting; Grain refinement; Nucleation; Solidification

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM ALLOY; CASTING; GRAIN REFINEMENT; NUCLEATION; SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 49949097592     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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