Excimer laser treatment of ZE41 magnesium alloy for corrosion resistance and microhardness improvement

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 926-931

  Khalfaoui, Walid ^a   Valerio, Eric ^a   Masse, Jean Eric ^b   Autric, Michel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Laser process; Laser surface melting; Magnesium alloy ZE41; Microhardness

Indexed keywords

EXCIMERS; KRF LASERS; LASER PROCESS; LASER SCANS; LASER SURFACE MELTING; MATRIX; MELTED LAYERS; MG ALLOY; SEM;

ALLOYING ELEMENTS; ALLOYS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; EXCIMER LASERS; GAS LASERS; KRYPTON; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MELTING; MICROHARDNESS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 77955309530     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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