A new method of continuous casting of copper billets by a combination of AC current and magnetic fields

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4565-4569

  Yu, Jianbo ^a   Jiang, Jianming ^a   Ren, Zhongming ^a   Ren, Weili ^a   Deng, Kang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC CURRENTS; ALTERNATIVE CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTINUOUS CASTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; SOLIDIFICATION STRUCTURE; SURFACE QUALITIES;

ALUMINA; BILLETS (METAL BARS); CONTINUOUS CASTING; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN REFINEMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; METAL CASTINGS; METAL REFINING; SOLIDIFICATION;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 67649410163     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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