Effect of the frequency of electromagnetic vibrations on microstructural refinement of AZ91D magnesium alloy

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2997-3003

  Mizutani, Yoshiki ^a   Kawata, Jun ^b   Miwa, Kenji ^a   Yasue, Kazuo ^a   Tamura, Takuya ^a   Sakaguchi, Yasuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOLIDIFICATION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DENDRITE PARTICLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC VIBRATIONS; FREQUENCY EFFECT; MICROSTRUCTURAL REFINEMENT;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 6344235206     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2004.0369     Document Type: Article

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