Effects of zirconium addition on as-cast microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-3Sn-2Ca magnesium alloy

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1967-1973

  Yang, Mingbo ^a,b   Liang, Xiaofeng ^a   Yi, Zhu ^a   Pan, Fusheng ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Non ferrous metals and alloys; C. Casting; F. Microstructure

Indexed keywords

AS CAST MICROSTRUCTURE; C. CASTING; CREEP PROPERTIES; CREEP TESTS; F. MICROSTRUCTURE; NEEDLE-LIKE; NONFERROUS METALS AND ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM ADDITION; ZR ADDITION;

ALLOYS; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CREEP; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM CASTINGS; METALLURGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; TIN; TIN ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79251603110     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.11.071     Document Type: Article

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