UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG

Dr. Lesley Chown

Dr. Lesley Chown
Position:Senior Lecturer
Qualifications:Ph.D (Wits)
Phone:011 717 7506
Email:lesley.chown@wits.ac.za
Organizational Unit:School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
Link with me on LinkedIn:http://za.linkedin.com/pub/lesley-chown/43/517/958

D r. Chown joined Wits in 2011 after a career in metallurgical R&D.

 

Research Interests

Structure - property relationships in metallic alloys: titanium, steel, platinum; continuous casting, hot working and cold forming; scanning electron microscopy; differential thermal analysis; thermodynamic modeling of phases in metals (Thermo-Calc); powder metallurgy.

 

Publications

Lesley A. Cornish and Lesley H. Chown
Book Chapter. Chapter 15- Platinum-based alloys and coatings: materials for the future?
ISBN: 978-953-307-611-9, Journal: Book: Advances in Gas Turbine Technology, Ed. E. Benini, Intech, 2011, 337-370.
I.A. Mwamba and L. H. Chown
The use of titanium hydride in blending and mechanical alloying of Ti-Al alloys-Transaction Paper
ISBN: ISSN 0038-223X/3.00 0.00, Journal: J. SAIMM, 111, Mar, 2011, 159-165.
L. A. Cornish, R. Suss, L. H. Chown, L. Glaner
The Platinum Development Initiative: Platinum-Based Alloys for High Temperature and Special Applications: Part III
ISBN: E-ISSN 1471-0676, Journal: Plat. Met. Rev., 53(3), 2009, 155-163.
L.A. Cornish, R. Suss, A. Douglas, L.H. Chown and L. Glaner
The Platinum Development Initiative: Platinum-Based Alloys for High Temperature and Special Applications: Part I
ISBN: E-ISSN 1471-0676, Journal: Plat. Met. Rev., 53(1), 2009, 2-10.
L.H. Chown, L.A. Cornish
Investigation of hot ductility in Al-killed boron steels
ISBN: ISSN 0921-5093, Journal: Mat. Sci. Eng. A, 494, 2008, 263-275.