A nanoindentation study on grain-boundary contributions to strengthening and aging degradation mechanisms in advanced 12 Cr ferritic steel

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 175-185

  Jang, Jae Il ^a   Shim, Sanghoon ^b,c   Komazaki, Shin Ichi ^d   Honda, Tetsuya ^d  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^d MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MARTENSITE; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOINDENTATION; STRENGTHENING (METAL);

AGING DEGRADATION; MARTENSITIC MICROSTRUCTURES;

FERRITIC STEEL;

EID: 33847663251     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0009     Document Type: Article

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