A comparison of microtensile and microcompression methods for studying plastic properties of nanocrystalline electrodeposited nickel at different length scales

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1383-1388

  Philippe, Laetitia ^a   Schwaller, P ^a   Burki G ^a   Michler, J ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TENSILE TESTING;

MICROCOMPRESSION TESTS; MICROTENSILE TESTS; NANOCRYSTALLINE (NC) NICKEL;

NICKEL;

EID: 44649157100     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0162     Document Type: Article

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