Microstructural evolution during the heat treatment of nanocrystalline alloys

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3233-3248

  Detor, A J ^a   Schuh, C A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAT TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; GRAIN-BOUNDARY SEGREGATION; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION MAP;

NICKEL ALLOYS;

EID: 36549046143     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0403     Document Type: Article

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