Achieving usable ductility in glassy nanomaterials

Advanced Materials and Processes

Volumn 168, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 25-31

  Branagan, D J ^a   Zhou, J ^a   Meacham, B E ^a   Sergueeva, A V ^a  

^a NanoSteel Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY DESIGNS; CONTINUOUS COOLING TRANSFORMATION; COOLING CONDITIONS; GLASS MATRICES; GLASS-FORMING SYSTEMS; HIGH STRENGTH; HIGH UNDERCOOLINGS; INTERMEDIATE STAGE; IRON-BASED; MATERIAL BOUNDARIES; MICROWIRE; NANO-MATERIALS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SPINODALS; TEM;

COOLING; DUCTILITY; GLASS; GLASS FORMING MACHINES; IRON COMPOUNDS; METALLIC GLASS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

UNDERCOOLING;

EID: 77958164903     PISSN: 08827958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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