A review on steel thixoforming

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Rassili, A ^a   Atkinson, H V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

industrialisation; semi solid; steel; thixoforming

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CURRENT SITUATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIALISATION; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SEMI-SOLID PROCESS; SEMI-SOLID PROCESSING; SEMI-SOLID STEEL; SEMI-SOLIDS; STEEL MATERIALS; SURFACE OXIDATIONS; THIXOFORMING;

DIES; RHEOLOGY;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 77957270957     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(10)60629-2     Document Type: Article

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