Growth restriction effects during solidification of aluminium alloys

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 410-413

  CHEN, Zhong wei ^a   HE, Zhi ^a   JIE, Wan qi ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aluminium alloys; constitutional undercooling; growth restriction; solidification

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTIONS; AL-CU ALLOYS; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; CONSTITUTIONAL UNDERCOOLING; GRAIN SIZES; GROWTH RESTRICTION; INITIAL SOLIDIFICATIONS; NUCLEANTS; SOLUTE CONTENTS; SOLUTE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; TITANIUM ALLOYS; UNDERCOOLING;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 64149127337     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(08)60287-3     Document Type: Article

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