Effect of cooling rate on solidified microstructure and mechanical properties of aluminium-A356 alloy

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 107-111

  Zhang, L Y ^a,b,c   Jiang, Y H ^a   Ma, Z ^a   Shan, S F ^c   Jia, Y Z ^b   Fan, C Z ^c   Wang, W K ^c  

^a LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloys; Dendrite arm spacing; Fast cooling; Microhardness; Strength

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COPPER; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; DENDRITE ARM SPACING; FAST COOLING; MICROHARDNESS; STRENGTH;

COOLING;

EID: 50949128020     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.12.059     Document Type: Article

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