Characterisation of three-dimensional dendritic morphology and orientation selection of α-Mg in Mg-Ca alloy using synchrotron X-ray tomography

Materials Characterization

Volumn 111, Issue , 2016, Pages 170-176

  Shuai, Sansan ^a   Guo, Enyu ^a,b   Zheng, Qiwei ^a   Wang, Mingyue ^c   Jing, Tao ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Branching structure; Dendritic morphology; Growth orientation; Mg Ca alloy; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TOMOGRAPHY; TOPOLOGY;

BRANCHING STRUCTURES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; DENDRITIC BRANCHING; DENDRITIC MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH ORIENTATIONS; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY; TOPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84949032664     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2015.12.003     Document Type: Article

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