Study on microtexture of laser welded 5A90 aluminium-lithium alloys using electron backscattered diffraction

Science and Technology of Welding and Joining

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 204-209

  Cui, L ^a   Li, X Y ^a   He, D Y ^a   Chen, L ^b   Gong, S L ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Al li alloys; EBSD; Microtexture; Nd:YAG laser welding; Welded joints

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOYS; DIFFRACTION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; LITHIUM ALLOYS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; TEXTURES; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

AL-LI ALLOYS; ALUMINIUM-LITHIUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM LITHIUM ALLOY; BASE METALS; ELECTRON BACK-SCATTERED DIFFRACTION; HEAT-AFFECTED ZONES; MICRO-TEXTURE; ND:YAG LASER; ND:YAG LASER WELDING; WELD METAL;

HEAT AFFECTED ZONE;

EID: 84874382115     PISSN: 13621718     EISSN: 17432936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1362171812Y.0000000092     Document Type: Article

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