The manufacture of a niobium/niobium-silicide-based alloy using direct laser fabrication

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1752-1757

  Dicks, Robert ^a   Wang, Fude ^a   Wu, Xinhua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct laser fabrication; Niobium; Niobium silicide

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; CHROMIUM; HAFNIUM; LASERS; MACHINE TOOLS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NIOBIUM; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICIDES; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TRANSITION METALS;

CAST ALLOYS; CONSTITUENT PHASES; DIRECT LASER FABRICATION; FABRICATION PARAMETERS; LASER FOCUSES; LASER SCANS; OPTICAL-; PROCESS EFFICIENCIES; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

FABRICATION;

EID: 58249134749     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2008.04.042     Document Type: Article

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