Effect of strontium on columnar growth of dendritic α phase in near-eutectic Al-11.6%Si alloys

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 728-731

  Liao, Heng Cheng ^a   Ding, Yi ^b   Sun, Guo Xiong ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Al Si alloy; Microstructure; Primary dendrite spacing; Secondary dendrite arm spacing; Strontium

Indexed keywords

INTERFACIAL ENERGY; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; STRONTIUM;

ALUMINUM SILICON ALLOYS; COLUMNAR DENDRITE; DENDRITE ALPHA PHASE; EQUIAXED GRAINS; NEAR EUTECTIC ALLOYS; PRIMARY DENDRITE SPACING; SECONDARY DENDRITE ARM SPACING; UNDERCOOLING;

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT;

EID: 8844259601     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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