Effect of pouring temperature on fractal dimension of primary phase morphology in semi-solid A356 alloy

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1098-1103

  LIU, Zheng ^a,b   MAO, Wei min ^c   LIU, Xiao mei ^b  

^a Jiangxi Nonferrous Metal Processing Engineering Research Center   (China)

^b JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

A356 alloy; fractal dimension; morphology; pouring temperature; semi solid

Indexed keywords

A356 ALLOY; A356 ALLOYS; ELECTROMAGNETIC STIRRING; GRAIN SIZE; PHASE MORPHOLOGY; POURING TEMPERATURES; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SEMI-SOLID A356 ALLOY; SEMI-SOLIDS; SEMISOLID ALLOY; STIRRING POWER;

ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); MORPHOLOGY; PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 76449113024     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(08)60413-6     Document Type: Article

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