Improving tensile and compressive strengths of magnesium by blending it with aluminium

Materials Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-120

  Thakur, S K ^a   Paramsothy, M ^b   Gupta, M ^b  

^a DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS SINGAPORE PTE LTD   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blended composite; Compressive strength; Magnesium; Metal matrix composite; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ADDITION OF AL; CHARACTERISATION; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; COMPRESSION AND TENSION; COMPRESSION TESTS; HOT COMPACTION; HOT EXTRUSION; MACRO-HARDNESS; MAGNESIUM METAL; MG BASED COMPOSITES; MG MATRIX; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISATION; MICROWAVE SINTERING; MODE OF FRACTURE; SHEAR BAND FORMATION; SINGLE CRACK; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; YIELD STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM; BLENDING; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPACTION; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FRACTURE TESTING; MAGNESIUM; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; SINTERING; TENSILE TESTING;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 75449092441     PISSN: 02670836     EISSN: 17432847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328408X389779     Document Type: Article

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