Effects of trace Er addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-Zn-Zr alloy

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4043-4049

  Zhang, Jing ^a,b   Ma, Qi ^a   Pan, Fusheng ^a,b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR MAGNESIUM ALLOYS   (China)

Author keywords

A. Non ferrous metals and alloys; E. Mechanical properties; F. Microstructure

Indexed keywords

ALLOY STRUCTURES; BEARING ALLOYS; DEFORMABILITY; DYNAMIC PRECIPITATION; E. MECHANICAL; F. MICROSTRUCTURE; HIGH ELONGATION; HOT EXTRUSION; HOT EXTRUSION PROCESS; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NONFERROUS METALS AND ALLOYS; SOLID MAGNESIUM; SPHERICAL MORPHOLOGIES; TENSILE YIELD STRENGTH; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMALLY STABLE; UNIFORM MICROSTRUCTURE; YIELD STRENGTH;

ALLOYS; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); ERBIUM; ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; EXTRUSION; EXTRUSION DIES; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM CASTINGS; METALLURGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; YIELD STRESS; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77953537393     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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