Study of the role of Al, Cr and Ti additions in the microstructure of Nb-18Si-5Hf base alloys

Intermetallics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 242-253

  Grammenos, I ^a   Tsakiropoulos, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Silicides, various; B. Phase identification; B. Phase transformations; C. Casting; D. Microstructure

Indexed keywords

A. SILICIDES, VARIOUS; B. PHASE IDENTIFICATION; B. PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; C. CASTING; D. MICROSTRUCTURE;

ALUMINUM; CERIUM ALLOYS; CHROMIUM; COOLING; HAFNIUM; HAFNIUM COMPOUNDS; HARDNESS; LAMELLAR STRUCTURES; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SILICIDES; SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; SOLUBILITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM NITRIDE; TITRATION;

NIOBIUM;

EID: 70350754339     PISSN: 09669795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intermet.2009.07.020     Document Type: Article

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