Fracture toughness of the eutectic alloy Al3Nb-Nb2Al

Materials Letters

Volumn 57, Issue 24-25, 2003, Pages 3949-3953

  Triveno Rios C ^a   Ferrandini, P ^b   Caram, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DA FEI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Deformation and fracture; Hardness; Intermetallic compounds; Mechanical properties; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EUTECTICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERMETALLICS; SOLIDIFICATION;

VICKERS INDENTATION METHOD;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0043062798     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-577X(03)00245-3     Document Type: Article

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