The development of effective grain refiner for the production of high performance light metal castings
Funder: EPSRCDuration: August 2012 - October 2013
People
Name | Telephone | Office | ||
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Professor Hari Nadendla Professor (Principal investigator)
T: +44 (0)1895 265466
E: hari-babu.nadendla@brunel.ac.uk |
+44 (0)1895 265466 | hari-babu.nadendla@brunel.ac.uk | Gardiner Building 002b |
Outputs
Bolzoni, L. and Hari Babu, N. (2019) 'On the grain refining efficacy of Ti-free hypoeutectic AlSi via AlTiB, AlB and AlNbB chemical inoculation'. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 817. pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 0925-8388 Open Access Link
Bozoni, L. and Hari Babu, N. (2019) 'Towards industrial Al-Nb-B master alloys for grain refining Al-Si alloys'. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 8 (6). pp. 5631 - 5638. ISSN: 2238-7854 Open Access Link
Bozoni, L. and Hari Babu, N. (2018) 'Efficacy of borides in grain refining Al-Si alloys'. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 50 (2). pp. 746 - 756. ISSN: 1073-5623 Open Access Link
Bozoni, L. and Hari Babu, N. (2017) 'Considerations on the effect of solutal on the grain size of castings from superheated melts'. Materials Letters, 201. pp. 9 - 12. ISSN: 0167-577X Open Access Link
Bolzoni, L., Xia, M. and Nadendla, H. (2016) 'Formation of equiaxed crystal structures in directionally solidified Al-Si alloys using Nb-based heterogeneous nuclei'. Scientific Reports, 6 (1). pp. 39554. ISSN: 2045-2322 Open Access Link
Bolzoni, L. and Nadendla, H. (2016) 'Engineering the heterogeneous nuclei in Al-Si alloys for solidification control'. Applied Materials Today, 5. pp. 255 - 259. ISSN: 2352-9407 Open Access Link
Bolzoni, L. and Nadendla, HB. (2016) 'Heterogeneous Nb-Based Nuclei for the Grain Refinement of Al-Si Alloys'. JOM, 68 (5). pp. 1301 - 1306. ISSN: 1047-4838 Open Access Link
Bolzoni, L., Nowak, M. and Nadendla, H. (2016) 'Nb-based heterogeneous nuclei for enhanced α-Mg nucleation in Mg(-Al) alloys'. Materials Letters, 169. pp. 207 - 209. ISSN: 1873-4979 Open Access Link
Nadendla, H. (2015) 'AL-NB-B MASTER ALLOY FOR GRAIN REFINING'.
Bolzoni, L. and Hari Babu, N. (2015) 'Refinement of the grain size of the LM25 Alloy (A356) by 96Al-2Nb-2B Master Alloy'. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 222. pp. 219 - 223. ISSN: 1873-4774 Open Access Link
Bolzoni, L., Nowak, M. and Hari Babu, N. (2015) 'On the effect of Nb-based compounds on the microstructure of Al-12Si alloy'. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 162. pp. 340 - 345. ISSN: 0254-0584 Open Access Link
Nowak, M., Bolzoni, L. and Nadendla, HB. (2015) 'The Effect of Nb-B Inoculation on Binary Hypereutectic and Near-eutectic LM13 Al-Si Cast Alloys'. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 641. pp. 22 - 29. ISSN: 1873-4669 Open Access Link
Nowak, M., Yeoh, WK., Bolzoni, L. and Nadendla, HB. (2015) 'Development of Al–Nb–B master alloys using Nb and KBF4 Powders'. Materials and Design, 75. pp. 40 - 46. ISSN: 1873-4197 Open Access Link
Bolzoni, L., Nowak, M. and Hari Babu, N. (2015) 'Assessment of the influence of Al-2Nb-2B master alloy on the grain refinement and properties of LM6 (A413) alloy'. Materials Science and Engineering A, 628 (25 March 2015). pp. 230 - 237. ISSN: 0921-5093 Open Access Link
Bolzoni, L., Nowak, M. and nadendla. (2015) 'Grain refining potency of Nb-B inoculation on Al-12Si-0.6Fe-0.5Mn alloy'. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 623. pp. 79 - 82. ISSN: 0925-8388 Open Access Link
Bolzoni, L., Nowak, K. and Nadendla, HB. (2014) 'Grain refinement of Al-Si alloys by Nb-B inoculation. Part II: application to commercial alloys'. Materials and Design, 66, Part A, (5 February 2015). pp. 376 - 383. ISSN: 1873-4197 Open Access Link
Nowak, M., Bolzoni, L. and Nadendla, HB. (2014) 'Grain refinement of Al-Si alloys by Nb-B inoculation. Part I: concept development and effect on binary alloys'. Materials and Design, 66 (PA). pp. 366 - 375. ISSN: 1873-4197 Open Access Link