Effect of electrode material on electrical discharge machining of alumina

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2545-2552

  Muttamara, A ^a   Fukuzawa, Y ^b   Mohri, N ^c   Tani, T ^d  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alumina; Assisting electrode; Copper infiltrated graphite; EDM; Graphite

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ARSENIC; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COPPER; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; MACHINING; MICROMACHINING; SILICON CARBIDE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACES;

ASSISTING ELECTRODE; CONDUCTIVE LAYERS; COPPER ELECTRODES; COPPER-INFILTRATED-GRAPHITE; DISCHARGE GENERATIONS; EDM; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; ELECTRODE MATERIALS; ELECTRODE WEARS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE; FORMATION MECHANISMS; INDUSTRIAL FIELDS; INSULATING CERAMICS; MACHINING PROPERTIES; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATES; POSITIVE ELECTRODES; POSITIVE POLARITIES; SURFACE RESISTIVITIES; WORK PIECES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING;

EID: 59549083380     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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