… several techniques for component forming using semi-solid state processing have been
developed for application in various industries worldwide. This review of the main routes has …

… Further work on using dies of high thermal conductivity (copper-chromium alloy) has
demonstrated that the thermal shock associated with injection of semisolid slurries can be reduced …

… This is normally done with a solid material quenched from the semisolid temperature. So
far, nearly all the quantifi cations have been done on a two-dimensional (2D) polished surface …

… Semi-solid metal processing technologies can be categorized into two major groups based
… This review comprehensively illustrates the scope of investigations in this field to date and …

… Although these are not reviewed in the present paper, it needs to be essentially understood
… After several decades’ development, semi-solid metal processing has been used in industry …

… As all component fabrication processes reviewed here take place in the … be finished by
subsequent metal cutting processes or are uncritical for dimension variations. In addition mushy / …

Semisolid processing originates with the research at MIT on the viscosity behaviour of tin/lead
alloys during solidification, published by Spencer, Mehrabian, and Flemings in 1972. The …

… behavior of semi-solid metal slurries has been reviewed. Viscosity measurement is shown
to be the appropriate parameter to describe rheological behavior of semi-solid metal billets. …

… 5 rheology of semi-solid material, section 6 modelling and section 7 the current status
with respect to which alloys can be semi-solid processed. The field has been reviewed in [3-8]. …

… Abstract The process of semi-solid metal processing is also governed by solidification
principles. However, the mechanisms controlling nucleation and growth of the primary phase and …