An investigation to the effect of deformation-heat treatment cycle on the eutectic morphology and mechanical properties of a Thixocast A356 alloy

Materials Characterization

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 817-823

  Haghshenas, M ^a   Zarei Hanzaki, A ^a   Jahazi, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold working; Heat treatment; Morphology; Silicon; Thixocast A356

Indexed keywords

A356 ALLOYS; EUTECTIC MORPHOLOGY; EUTECTIC PHASIS; HARDNESS TEST; HEAT TREATMENT CYCLE; HEAT TREATMENT TEMPERATURE; HOLDING TIME; MG ALLOY; MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; MORPHOLOGY AND SIZE; OSTWALD RIPENING MECHANISM; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SOLUTION HEAT TREATMENT; THIXOCAST; THIXOCAST A356; ULTRA FINE GRAIN; WATER QUENCHING; WORKING PRACTICES;

AGGLOMERATION; ALUMINUM; CERIUM ALLOYS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DEFORMATION; EUTECTICS; HARDNESS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; MORPHOLOGY; OSTWALD RIPENING; QUENCHING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

COLD WORKING;

EID: 67349130517     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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