Study on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Nd:YAG pulsed laser beam weld of UNS-C17200 copper beryllium alloy

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 210, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1472-1481

  Mousavi, S A A Akbari ^a   Niknejad, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Copper beryllium alloy; Directional solidification; Laser welding; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); X ray diffraction (XRD)

Indexed keywords

BASE METALS; COPPER-BERYLLIUM ALLOY; DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION; FOCUSED BEAMS; FUSION ZONES; HARDNESS TEST; INCIDENT BEAMS; LASER ENERGIES; LASER WELDING; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIPLE INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; ND:YAG PULSED LASER; PASSIVE LAYER; PHASE PRECIPITATE; PULSE ENERGIES; PULSED LASER; SEM; SEM IMAGE; SOLIDIFICATION DIRECTIONS; SOLIDIFIED STRUCTURES; WELD METAL; WELD POOL; XRD PATTERNS;

ALLOYS; BERYLLIUM; BERYLLIUM ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; COPPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC WELDING; HARDNESS TESTING; LAKES; LASER BEAM WELDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASERS; SCANNING; SOLIDIFICATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; WELDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77955271019     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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