Ultrafine and nanostructured refractory metals processed by SPD: Microstructure and mechanical properties

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 579, Issue , 2008, Pages 75-90

  Wei, Q ^a,b   Ramesh, K T ^b   Kecskes, L J ^c   Mathaudhu, S N ^c   Hartwig, K T ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic properties; Microstructure; Nanostructured; Refractory metals; Severe plastic deformation; Strain rate effects; Ultrafine grain

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IMPURITIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; STRAIN RATE;

DYNAMIC PROPERTY; NANO-STRUCTURED; SEVERE PLASTIC DEFORMATIONS; STRAIN RATE EFFECT; ULTRA FINE GRAIN;

REFRACTORY METALS;

EID: 55849089097     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-384-0.75     Document Type: Article

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