Effect of Nd:YAG laser welding on microstructure and hardness of an Al-Li based alloy

Materials Characterization

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 95-102

  Cui, Li ^a   Li, Xiaoyan ^a   He, Dingyong ^a   Chen, Li ^b   Gong, Shuili ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Aeronautical Key Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing Technologies   (China)

Author keywords

Al Li based alloy; EBSD; Microhardness; Microstructure; Nd:YAG laser welding

Indexed keywords

BASE METALS; BUTT JOINTS; DENDRITIC GRAINS; DENDRITIC STRUCTURES; EBSD; ELECTRON BACK-SCATTERED DIFFRACTION; FUSION BOUNDARY; FUSION ZONES; GRAIN ORIENTATION; GRAIN SHAPES; HARDNESS DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION MECHANISM; MICRO-TEXTURE; NARROW BANDS; ND:YAG LASER WELDING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; THICK SHEETS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM;

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; CERIUM ALLOYS; FILLER METALS; GRAIN GROWTH; LASER BEAM WELDING; LITHIUM ALLOYS; MICROHARDNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEODYMIUM; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZIRCONIUM;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 84864046972     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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