Review of grain refinement methods for as-cast microstructure of magnesium alloy

China Foundry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-103

  Song, Changjiang ^a   Han, Qingyou ^b   Zhai, Qijie ^a  

^a Shanghai University   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain refinement; Magnesium alloy; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950867742     PISSN: 16726421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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