Do cracks melt their way through solids?

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 481-487

  Okamoto, P R ^a   Lam, N Q ^a   Ohnuki, S ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphization; Fracture; Glass transition; Irradiation

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATION; BINARY ALLOYS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GLASS TRANSITION; HEAVY IONS; INTERMETALLICS; ION BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; MELTING; TITANIUM ALLOYS; X RAY SCATTERING;

AMORPHIZATIONS; GLASSY STATE; HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; INTERMETALLICS COMPOUNDS; ION BEAM MIXING; MOVING CRACKS; REAL- TIME; STRESS-INDUCED AMORPHIZATION; STRESS-INDUCED MELTING; TENSILE STRAINING;

GLASS;

EID: 0032694616     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023705     Document Type: Article

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