Preparation of clean superalloys

Impurities in Engineering Materials: Impact, Reliability, and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 31-48

  Benz, Mark G ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CORROSION; COBALT ALLOYS; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; GAS TURBINES; OXIDATION RESISTANCE;

CO-BASE ALLOY; MULTICOMPONENT COMPLEXES; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

SUPERALLOYS;

EID: 84929719514     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203751190     Document Type: Chapter

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