Fast synchrotron X-ray tomographic quantification of dendrite evolution during the solidification of [Formula presented] alloys

Acta Materialia

Volumn 118, Issue , 2016, Pages 260-269

  Shuai, Sansan ^a,b,c   Guo, Enyu ^b,d   Phillion, A B ^d,e   Callaghan, Mark D ^b,d   Jing, Tao ^a   Lee, Peter D ^b,d  

^a Ministry of Education   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 D X ray tomography; Coarsening mechanism; Crystallographic orientation; Dendritic growth; Magnesium alloy

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT SOURCES; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TIN ALLOYS; TOMOGRAPHY;

3-D X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY; COARSENING MECHANISMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; DENDRITE EVOLUTION; DENDRITIC GROWTH; DENDRITIC MICROSTRUCTURE; SN ALLOYS; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHIC; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 84982671411     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.07.047     Document Type: Article

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