Microstructural stability and creep properties of die casting Mg-4Al-4RE magnesium alloy

Materials Characterization

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1107-1113

  Rzychoń, Tomasz ^a   Kiełbus, Andrzej ^a   Cwajna, Jan ^a   Mizera, Jarosław ^b  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Creep properties; Magnesium alloys; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

CREEP PROPERTIES; DIE CAST; MICROSTRUCTURAL STABILITY; SEM; TEM; THERMALLY STABLE;

ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; CREEP; DIE CASTING; DIE CASTINGS; DIES; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM CASTINGS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RIETVELD METHOD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 69949151826     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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