Effects of zinc, lithium, and indium on the grain size of magnesium

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1722-1729

  Becerra, A ^a,b   Pekguleryuz, M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HATCH LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY SYSTEMS; COPPER MOLDS; GRAIN SIZE; GROWTH RESTRICTION; NUCLEANTS; QUATERNARY ALLOYS; SOLID SOLUTION ALLOY;

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN REFINEMENT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INDIUM; INDIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; SOLID SOLUTIONS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; ZINC; ZINC ALLOYS;

BINARY ALLOYS;

EID: 67649526386     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0205     Document Type: Article

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