The Effect of Sintering and Compaction Conditions on the Microstructure and Properties of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy

Subject Areas : manufacturing planning

amin saghafi ¹ , Seyed Ehsan Eftekhari Shahri ² , Hossein Jamshidi ³ , Mohammad Kazem Salari ⁴ , Razieh Khoshhal ⁵

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birjand University of Technology, Birjand, Iran
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birjand University of Technology, Birjand, Iran
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birjand University of Technology, Birjand, Iran
4 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birjand University of Technology, Birjand, Iran
5 - Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Birjand University of Technology, Birjand, Iran

Received: 2021-12-16 Accepted : 2022-04-23 Published : 2023-03-01

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