Effect of ultrasonic vibration on microstructural evolution of the reinforcements and degassing of in situ TiB2p/Al-12Si-4Cu composites

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 365-371

  Liu, Zhiwei ^a,b   Han, Qingyou ^b   Li, Jianguo ^a   Huang, Weidong ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Al3Ti; Clustering; Composites; Porosity; Ultrasonic vibration

Indexed keywords

AL-ALLOY; CLUSTERING; HIGH INTENSITY ULTRASONIC; HIGH POROSITY; HOMOGENEOUS MICROSTRUCTURE; IN-SITU; LARGE CLUSTERS; MATRIX; MICROHARDNESS TESTS; STIR CASTING; TI PARTICLES; ULTRASONIC DEGASSING; ULTRASONIC PROBE; ULTRASONIC STIRRING; ULTRASONIC TREATMENTS; ULTRASONIC VIBRATION;

ALUMINUM; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEGASSING; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; POROSITY; REINFORCEMENT; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES;

EID: 81855221641     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2011.09.021     Document Type: Article

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