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Effect of sintering temperature on microstructure and properties of SiCp/6061Al composites

Jianjun Yang, GanWei Lei, Caihe Fan, Hai Peng, Yang Yang, WeiPing Liu, Zhenghua Zhou, Wenjun Ling, Weifei Chen, Tao Tao, Shiyang Yin, Wei Zhang, Edward Ghali, Zaiyu Zhang

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