On influence of Ti and Sr on microstructure, mechanical properties and quality index of cast eutectic Al-Si-Mg alloy

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1865-1871

  Haro Rodríguez, Sergio ^a   Goytia Reyes, Rafael E ^a   Dwivedi, Dheerendra Kumar ^b   Baltazar Hernández, Víctor H ^a   Flores Zúñiga, Horacio ^a   Pérez López, María J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SALTILLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

C. Casting; E. Mechanical; G. Metallography

Indexed keywords

AL-12SI ALLOY; AL-SI-MG ALLOY; BETA-PHASE; C. CASTING; CHINESE SCRIPT; E. MECHANICAL; G. METALLOGRAPHY; NEEDLE SHAPE; QUALITY INDICES; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM; CAST IRON; DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); GRAIN REFINEMENT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METALLOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NEEDLES; SILICON ALLOYS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79251602709     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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