Heat treatment of a friction-stir-welded and spin-formed Al-Li alloy

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 2496-2501

  Hales, Stephen J ^a   Tayon, Wesley A ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal grain growth; Al Li alloys; Friction stir welding; Heat treatment; Microstructure; Recovery annealing; Spin forming

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CRYOGENICS; DOMES; FRICTION; FRICTION STIR WELDING; HEAT TREATMENT; LITHIUM ALLOYS; MICROSTRUCTURE; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; TRIBOLOGY; WELDING;

ABNORMAL GRAIN GROWTH; AL-LI ALLOYS; CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT TANKS; FRICTION STIR; METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; SOLUTION TREATMENTS; SPIN-FORMING;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 80052939891     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.04.411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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