Grain refinement of AZ31 magnesium alloy by new Al-Ti-C master alloys

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1057-1064

  HAN, Guang ^a   LIU, Xiang fa ^a   DING, Hai min ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Al C O Mn Fe compounds; Al Ti C master alloys; Al4C3; grain refinement; Mg Al based alloys

Indexed keywords

AL-BASED ALLOYS; AL-C-O-MN-FE COMPOUNDS; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; AZ31 ALLOY; AZ31 MAGNESIUM ALLOY; DENDRITIC STRUCTURES; GRAIN MORPHOLOGIES; GRAIN REFINEMENT EFFICIENCY; MASTER ALLOYS; MELT REACTION; PRIMARY MG; TIC PARTICLES;

ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; DENDRIMERS; GRAIN REFINEMENT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM CARBIDE;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 76449094224     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(08)60406-9     Document Type: Article

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