Effectiveness of Zn-Ti based refiner of AI and Zn foundry alloys

Institute of Cast Metals Engineers - 67th World Foundry Congress, wfc06: Casting the Future

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 894-903

  Krajewski, W K ^a   Greer, A L ^b   Zych, J ^a   Buras J ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium Zinc cast alloys; Grain refinement; Heterogeneous nucleation; Zn Ti master alloy

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; CAST ALLOYS; DAMPING PROPERTY; FOUNDRY ALLOYS; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; MASTER ALLOYS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURE REFINEMENTS;

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; CERIUM ALLOYS; FOUNDRIES; GRAIN REFINEMENT; REFINING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS; ZINC; ZINC CASTINGS;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84867881065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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