Heat treatment of A356.2 aluminum alloy: Effect of quench rate and natural ageing

Shape Casting: 3rd International Symposium 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 87-95

  Jeyakumar, Manickaraj ^a   Hamed, Mohamed ^a   Shankar, Sumanth ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

A356.2 alloy; Co clusters; Mechanical properties; Mg2Si; Precipitation hardening

Indexed keywords

A356.2 ALLOY; ARTIFICIAL AGEING; AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; CO-CLUSTERS; COMMERCIAL ALLOYS; HARDNESS VALUES; HEAT TREATMENT CONDITIONS; MG2SI; NATURAL AGEING; PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES; PERMANENT MOLDS; PRECIPITATION HARDENING; QUENCH RATE; SOLUTIONIZING; THREE STAGES; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TEST;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CASTING; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; HARDENING; HARDNESS; PERMANENT MOLD CASTING; QUENCHING; SILICON ALLOYS; TENSILE TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 70349604188     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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