Columnar-to-equiaxed transition in solidification processing of ALSi7 alloys in microgravity-the CETSOL project

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 790-791, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-21

  Zimmermann, G ^a   Sturz, L ^a   Billia, B ^b   Mangelinck Noel N ^b   Liu, D R ^b   Nguyen Thi, H ^b   Bergeon, N ^b   Gandin, Ch A ^c   Browne, D J ^d   Beckermann, Ch ^e   Tourret, D ^f   Karma, A ^f  

^a ACCESS E V   (Germany)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminium silicon alloy; Columnar toequiaxed transition; Grain structure; Microgravity; Solidification

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROGRAVITY; SILICON ALLOYS; SOLIDIFICATION; SPACE STATIONS; TEMPERATURE; TEXTURES;

ALUMINIUM SILICON ALLOY; COLUMNAR GROWTH; COLUMNAR-TOEQUIAXED TRANSITION; FRONT-TRACKING MODELS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESSING; SOLIDIFICATION VELOCITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

EID: 84901401138     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.790-791.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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