Sintering of titanium and its alloys

Sintering of Advanced Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 324-355

  Qian, M ^a   Schaffer, G B ^a   Bettles, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cold pressing; Powder compaction; Powder metallurgy; Sintering; Titanium

Indexed keywords

CASTING; MOLTEN MATERIALS; POWDER METALLURGY; SINTERING; TITANIUM; TITANIUM CASTINGS;

COLD PRESSING; COLD PRESSING AND SINTERING; GAS ATMOSPHERE; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; POWDER COMPACTIONS; POWDER METALLURGY (P/M); SHAPE CASTING; TI AND ITS ALLOYS;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84989238718     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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