Work-hardening mechanisms of the Ti60Cu14Ni 12Sn4Nb10 nanocomposite alloy

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3146-3153

  Concustell, Amadeu ^a   Sort, Jordi ^a   Fornell, Jordina ^a   Rossinyol, Emma ^a   Suriñach, Santiago ^a   Gebert, Annett ^b   Eckertb, Jurgen ^b,c   Baró, M Dolors ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISLOCATION NETWORKS; EUTECTIC MATRIX; GRAIN SIZE REFINEMENT; HIGH STRENGTH; INTERMETALLIC PHASE; MATRIX; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOCOMPOSITE ALLOYS; NANOEUTECTICS; QUENCHED STATE; SOLID SOLUTION HARDENING; WORK HARDENING;

CERIUM ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; DEFORMATION; DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); EUTECTICS; GRAIN REFINEMENT; HARDENING; MARTENSITE; MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; NEURONS; NIOBIUM; TIN; TIN ALLOYS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 70350438800     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0369     Document Type: Article

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