Advanced casting technologies for lightweight automotive applications

China Foundry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-469

  Luo, Alan A ^a   Sachdev, Anil K ^a   Powell, Bob R ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Die casting; Lightweight; Magnesium alloy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957910876     PISSN: 16726421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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