Particle-induced morphological modification of Al alloy equiaxed dendrites revealed by sub-second in situ microtomography

Acta Materialia

Volumn 125, Issue , 2017, Pages 303-310

  Daudin, R ^a   Terzi, S ^b,c   Lhuissier, P ^a   Tamayo, J ^d   Scheel, M ^c,e   Babu, N Hari ^d   Eskin, D G ^d   Salvo, L ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Al alloys; Equiaxed dendrites morphologies; Metal matrix composites (MMCs); Solidification microstructures; Synchrotron radiation computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; METALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLIDIFICATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

AL-ALLOY; EQUIAXED DENDRITE; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; METAL MATRIX NANO COMPOSITES; MORPHOLOGICAL MODIFICATION; SOLIDIFICATION MICROSTRUCTURES; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 85006380256     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.12.005     Document Type: Article

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