Development of creep-resistant magnesium alloys for powertrain applications: Part 1 of 2

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Powell, Bob R ^a   Luo, Alan A ^a   Rezhets, Vadim ^a   Bommarito, John J ^a   Tiwari, Basant L ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION RESISTANCE; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; CREEP; CREEP RESISTANCE; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; POWERTRAINS;

CASTABILITY; COMPRESSIVE CREEP; CORROSION TESTS; CREEP-RESISTANT MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; ENGINE BLOCKS; MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS; POWERTRAIN COMPONENTS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 85072477757     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-0422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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