The role of grain refining, degassing and filtration in the production of quality ingot products

Light Metal Age

Volumn 54, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 46-59

  Fielding, Roger A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5844362585     PISSN: 00243345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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