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Title: Production and characterization of in-situ Al-NbB2 composites
Authors: Demirtaş, H
Karakulak, E
Nadendla, HB
Keywords: Al-NbB2 in-situ composites;microstructure;grain refinement;wear
Issue Date: 26-Oct-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Citation: Demirtaş, H., Karakulak, E. and Nadlenda, H.B. (2023) 'Production and characterization of in-situ Al-NbB2 composites', Materials Letters, 330, 133377, pp. 1 - 4. doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2022.133377.
Abstract: Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). We report here a melt processing route for the production of Al-NbB2 and Al-Cu-NbB2 in-situ composites in which fine NbB2 particles are uniformly distributed in Al matrix. During solidification, in-situ formed NbB2 phase in liquid Al contributed for enhanced heterogeneous nucleation, which caused a dramatic refinement of primary Al grain size, uniformly distributed second phases and enhanced wear characteristics.
Description: Data availability: Data will be made available on request.
URI: https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/25475
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2022.133377
ISSN: 0167-577X
Other Identifiers: ORCiD IDs: Erdem Karakulak: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3246-6422; Hari Babu Nadendla: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4894-7052.
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