Shear enhanced heterogeneous nucleation in some Mg- and Al-alloys

International Journal of Cast Metals Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 318-322

  Fan, Z ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Zhang, Z F ^a,b   Xia, M ^a   Li, H T ^a   Xu, J ^b   Granasy, L ^a   Scamans, G M ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GENERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NONFERROUS METALS   (China)

Author keywords

Grain refinement; Heterogeneous nucleation; Solidification

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350491813     PISSN: 13640461     EISSN: 17431336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136404609X367452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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