Investigation of the effect of Al-5Ti-1B grain refiner on dry sliding wear behavior of an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy formed by strain-induced melt activation process

Materials and Design

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 766-775

  Alipour, Mohammad ^a   Aghdam, Baharak Ghorbanian ^b   Rahnoma, Hamid Ebrahimi ^c   Emamy, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloys; Casting; Dry sliding; Grain refinement; Semisolid processing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PROCESS; AL-5TI-1B MASTER ALLOY; AL-ZN-MG-CU ALLOY; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; DRY SLIDING; DRY SLIDING WEAR; GLOBULAR MICROSTRUCTURES; GRAIN REFINER; GRAIN REFINING; MASTER ALLOYS; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE; SEMI-SOLID PROCESSING; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; T6 HEAT TREATMENT; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CASTING; GRAIN REFINEMENT; HEAT TREATMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING; TITANIUM ALLOYS; WEAR OF MATERIALS; ZINC;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84871465329     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.10.058     Document Type: Article

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