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Title

Impact of Aging Time on the Metallurgical Properties and Hardness Characteristics of an Al-Si-Mg-Cr Hypoeutectic Alloy Intended for Automotive Applications

Journal title

Archives of Foundry Engineering

Yearbook

2024

Volume

vol. 24

Issue

No 2

Affiliation

Ramalingam, V.V. : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, 64112, India ; Shankar, K.V. : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, India; Centre for Flexible Electronics and Advanced Marerials, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, India ; Shankar, B. : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, India; Centre for Flexible Electronics and Advanced Marerials, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, India ; Abhinandan, R. : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, India ; Dineshkumar, A. : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, India ; Adhithyan, P.A. : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, India ; Velusamy, K. : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, India ; Kapilan, A. : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, India ; Sudheer, N. : Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, India

Authors

Keywords

Al-Si-Mg ; Microstructure ; Hardness ; Eutectic

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

137-142

Publisher

The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Date

11.06.2024

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/afe.2024.149281
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