Inclusion flotation-driven channel segregation in solidifying steels

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Dianzhong ^a   Chen, Xing Qiu ^a   Fu, Paixian ^a   Ma, Xiaoping ^a   Liu, Hongwei ^a   Chen, Yun ^a   Cao, Yanfei ^a   Luan, Yikun ^a   Li, Yiyi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; STEEL; SULFIDE;

BUOYANCY; CHEMICAL PROCESS; HOMOGENEITY; OXIDE; OXYGEN; SOLIDIFICATION; STEEL;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL SEGREGATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DENSITY; FLOTATION; FORCE; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; X RAY;

EID: 84923352061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6572     Document Type: Article

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