Fabrication of functionally graded Al-Si composites reinforced with boride particles

Science and Engineering of Composite Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-91

  Ramos, Glorimar ^a   Marcelo Suarez O ^a   Humberto Melgarejo, Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Boride reinforcements; Centrifugal casting; DTA; Functionally graded material; Grain size

Indexed keywords

AL COMPOSITES; AL-B MASTER ALLOY; AL-SI ALLOY; BORIDE REINFORCEMENT; BULK CHARACTERIZATION; CONTROL SAMPLES; DTA; EUTECTIC SILICON; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; GRAIN SIZE; HYBRID COMPOSITES; MATRIX; MELTING POINT TEMPERATURE; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SI ALLOYS; SPUTTERED MATERIALS; VACUUM CASTING;

ALUMINUM; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BINARY ALLOYS; BORIDES; BORON; CENTRIFUGAL CASTING; CENTRIFUGATION; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; EUTECTICS; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELTING POINT; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REINFORCEMENT; SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS;

PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES;

EID: 79952909418     PISSN: 0334181X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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