Thermal stability and corrosion resistance of nanocrystallized zirconium formed by surface mechanical attrition treatment

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3136-3145

  Han, Yong ^a   Zhang, Lan ^a   Lu, Jian ^b   Zhang, Wengting ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ANNEALING TIME; COARSE-GRAINED; CORROSION BEHAVIOR; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-BOUNDARY DIFFUSION; NANO-STRUCTURED LAYER; PASSIVE PROTECTION; SURFACE MECHANICAL ATTRITION TREATMENTS; THERMAL STABILITY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ANNEALING; CORROSION RESISTANCE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN REFINEMENT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; ZIRCONIUM;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 70350453958     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0368     Document Type: Article

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