Twin-roll casting of aluminum alloys - An overview

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 651-661

  Barekar, N S ^a   Dhindaw, B K ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Casting; Defects; Microstructure; Roll; Segregation; Solidification; Twin

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CASTING; DEFECTS; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; ROLLING; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SOLIDIFICATION; SURFACE DEFECTS;

INTERNAL DEFECTS; MELT TREATMENTS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; QUALITY ISSUES; TWIN; TWIN-ROLL CASTING;

ALUMINUM SHEET;

EID: 84902299666     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426914.2014.912307     Document Type: Review

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