The effects of Mg amount on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-Si-Mg alloys

Materials and Design

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 767-774

  Yildirim, Musa ^a   Özyürek, Dursun ^a  

^a KARABUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM CASTINGS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

A-356 ALUMINUM ALLOY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FE-RICH INTERMETALLICS; FRACTURE SURFACES; HARDNESS MEASUREMENT; LASER CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84878346543     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.04.089     Document Type: Article

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