Hydrogen embrittlement of aluminum: The crucial role of vacancies

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Lu, Gang ^a   Kaxiras, Efthimios ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRST PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; HYDROGEN INDUCED VACANCY SUPERABUNDANT FORMATION; MICROVOIDS; VACANCY CLUSTERIZATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BINDING ENERGY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; IMPURITIES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLUBILITY;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 18144426114     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.155501     Document Type: Article

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